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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 14, 2008; 14(42): 6525-6530
Published online Nov 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6525
Published online Nov 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6525
Table 5 Post-banding complications n (%)
| Complication | Degree of hemorrhoids | Total | P | |
| 2nd (n = 582) | 3rd (n = 168) | |||
| Pain | 22 (3.78) | 9 (5.35) | 31 (4.13) | 0.8 |
| Bleeding | 21 (2.8) | 10 (5.95) | 31 (4.13) | 0.35 |
| Vaso-vagal symptoms | 8 (1.37) | 2 (1.19) | 10 (1.33) | 0.23 |
| Infection | 1 (0.17) | - | 1 (0.13) | - |
| Fistula | 1 (0.17) | - | 1 (0.13) | - |
| Fissure | 2 (0.34) | 1 (0.59) | 3 (0.4) | 0.79 |
| Total | 55 (9.45) | 22 (13.09) | 77 (10.26) | 0.09 |
- Citation: Nakeeb AME, Fikry AA, Omar WH, Fouda EM, Metwally TAE, Ghazy HE, Badr SA, Elkhar MYA, Elawady SM, Elmoniam HHA, Khafagy WW, Morshed MM, Lithy REE, Farid ME. Rubber band ligation for 750 cases of symptomatic hemorrhoids out of 2200 cases. World J Gastroenterol 2008; 14(42): 6525-6530
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v14/i42/6525.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.14.6525