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 ...

24 August 2009 DOHA: For the first time in Qatar and probably in the Middle East, a Doha-based Austrian surgeon recently performed a minimally invasive surgery (MIS) to treat hemorrhoidal disease. A ...

The Osteoarthritis Research Society International has issued 25 evidence-based, expert consensus recommendations for the management of osteoarthritis of the hip and knee. These guidelines, which are ...

CONSIDERABLE relief of symptoms has been reported for patients with angina pectoris subjected to bilateral ligation of the internal mammary arteries. 1–4 The physiologic basis for the relief of angina ...

Colorectal surgeon Samuel Luka, MD, is using the THD Doppler Hemorrhoid System at Las Vegas-based Durango Outpatient Surgery Center to accelerate patients' recovery, according to a June 5 announcement ...

Although ligation of the hepatic artery is not commonplace in the treatment of congestive heart failure, the report on page 333 of this issue describes one of the conditions in which it may be ...