Aluminum potassium sulfate and tannic acid sclerotherapy for Goligher Grades II and III hemorrhoids: Results from a multicenter study

Table 3 Scheme of recurrence rate and/or additional operation rate of each hemorrhoid treatment

Ref.	Grade	Technique	n	Follow-up	Recurrence rate and/or additional surgery rate (%)
Giordano et al[4]	II, III	THD	28	3 yr	14.00
		SH	24		13.00
Giordano et al[17]	IV	THD + targeted mucopexy	31	32 mo	6.40
Ratto et al[18]	II, III, IV	THD	170	11.5 mo	4.10
Ratto et al[19]	II, III, IV	THD	803	11.1 mo	10.20
Zampieri et al[20]	III, IV	THD	46	1-6 mo	0
		Ligasure	68		4.00
Theodoropoulos et al[21]	III, IV	DGHAL + RAR	147	15 mo	4.00
Walega et al[22]	III, IV	DGHAL + RAR	29	3 mo	10.34
Gravié et al[23]		SH	63	2 yr	7.50
		MMH	63		1.80
Ammaturo et al[24]	III	SH	39	2 yr	13.00
		MMH	40		0
Hachiro et al[8]	III, IV	ALTA	448	29 mo	3.60
Takano et al[6]	III, IV	ALTA (OC-108)	80	1 yr	16.00
		CH	85		2.00
Miyamoto et al[7]	II, III, IV	ALTA	28	5 mo	10.70

THD: Trans-anal hemorrhoidal dearterialization; DGHAL: Doppler-guided hemorrhoidal arterial ligation; SH: Stapled hemorrhoidopexy; RAR: Rectoanal repair; CH: Conventional hemorrhoidectomy; ALTA: Aluminum potassium sulfate and tannic acid.