The most effective treatment for severe hemorrhoids is surgical removal, according to a new study. The finding contradicts the widely-held belief that rubber-band ligation -- the practice of cutting ...

Haemorrhoids are considered one of the most frequent diseases of the anal region with high prevalence (nearly 50% of proctological visits in a colorectal unit), involving any age and affecting both ...

How does hemorrhoidal artery ligation (HAL) compare with rubber band ligation (RBL) for managing symptomatic second- and third-degree hemorrhoids? Brown and colleagues performed a multicenter, ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I have a hemorrhoid. It’s not small, but it’s not huge. At times, it itches or gets inflamed and feels sore for several days. I’m thinking it could be tied off with dental floss so ...

Roughly 10 million Americans have hemorrhoids, which are swollen and inflamed veins in the rectum or around the anus. Symptoms depend largely on the location of the hemorrhoid. External hemorrhoids, ...

Hemorrhoids can be a painful and embarrassing condition, but many people suffer from it, especially as they get older. Luckily, the condition is easy to treat. Sergey Kantsevoy, director of the Center ...

The Haemorrhoidal Artery Ligation (HAL) versus Rubber Band Ligation (RBL) for symptomatic second and third-degree haemorrhoids (HubBLe) trial ran from September 2012 and May 2014 [1–3]. HubBLe showed ...

Piles (also known as haemorrhoids) are a common condition, affecting up to a third of the population, with approximately 23,000 operations carried out in England per year. There are many different ...

For one man in the UK, a routine treatment for hemorrhoids resulted in a rare, life-threatening complication that required a number of surgeries and powerful antibiotics to save his life, according to ...

Here are the 2010 Medicare payments for 18 hemorrhoidectomy procedures in the ASC setting. 1. CPT 45990 (Anorectal exam, surgical, requiring anesthesia [general, spinal, or epidural], diagnostic) — ...