Rubber band ligation is a procedure applied to bleeding hemorrhoids. This process involves placing a rubber band around the base of the hemorrhoid inside the rectum. The band cuts off circulation of blood in the area and causes the hemorrhoid to wither away within a number of days.
This non – traumatic hemorrhoid treatment may take more than one session and you can stay as an out-patient. After procedure, you may feel the pain and as if you need to have a bowel movement. Bleeding may occur 7 to 10 days after surgery, when the hemorrhoid falls off. Using this procedure under general anesthesia, doctors may treat several hemorrhoids but commonly treatment is limited to 1 to 2 hemorrhoids at a time and additional areas may be treated at 4 to 6 weeks interval.
Most people with hemorrhoids don't need a surgery but when severe cases happen, surgery is needed. Rubber band ligation is commonly used treatment for internal hemorrhoids. But it can't be used if there is not enough tissue to pull into the banding device.
