OBJECTIVES Haemorrhoidal disease is a common condition causing considerable distress to individuals and significant cost to healthcare services. This paper explored the cost-effectiveness of stapled haemorrhoidopexy (SH) compared with the non-surgical intervention, rubber band ligation (RBL), for grade II symptomatic circumferential haemorrhoids. METHOD An economic evaluation alongside a rand...

Rubber band ligation (RBL) for the treatment of oesophageal varices is a common procedure with low morbidity and mortality. Significant complications such as bacteraemia have been reported in less than 6% of patients treated with RBL for bleeding oesophageal varices. Septic complications following RBL for non-bleeding varices are, however, very rare. Although antibiotic prophylaxis is indicated...

Connect the two metal balls with a rubber band, then twist band and put ball on table. The will start to rotate in one direction other. This strange phenomenon is similar so-called "pendulum" movement. paper makes theoretical experimental study of this phenomenon, explores relevant parameters that affect motion, such as type material contact surface, size ball.

This report is the first to present case of a patient who developed bacterial abscess-forming prostatitis while undergoing treatment with adalimumab, tumor necrosis factor-alpha blocking therapy, for hidradenitis suppurativa. A 36-year-old male presented persistent anogenital pain and dysuria approximately three weeks. Two days before presentation at emergency room (ER), rubber band ligation wa...

BACKGROUND Optimum surgical intervention for low-grade haemorrhoids is unknown. Haemorrhoidal artery ligation (HAL) has been proposed as an efficacious, safe therapy while rubber band ligation (RBL) is a commonly used outpatient treatment. We compared recurrence after HAL versus RBL in patients with grade II-III haemorrhoids. METHODS This multicentre, open-label, parallel group, randomised co...

AIM Haemorrhoids are a common condition, with nearly 30,000 procedures carried out in England in 2014/15, and result in a significant quality-of-life burden to patients and a financial burden to the healthcare system. This study examined the cost effectiveness of haemorrhoidal artery ligation (HAL) compared with rubber band ligation (RBL) in the treatment of grade II-III haemorrhoids. METHOD ...

Objective: To compare the efficacy of pharmacological and endoscopic procedures (band ligation) in preventing variceal bleed. Study Design: Randomized Control Trial. Setting: MU-I Allied Hospital Faisalabad. Period: January to June 2020. Material & Methods: 80 patients were enrolled after fulfilling exclusion inclusion criteria, divided into two groups. Group A, treated Carvedilol 6.25-12.5...