Topical Anesthesia Versus Placebo to Decrease Pain in Rubber Band Ligation for Treatment of Internal Hemorrhoids
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2016-05-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Rubber band ligation is a simple and effective procedure for the management of hemorrhoidal
disease. However, 90% of patients have some degree of discomfort associated with the
procedure and up to 40% develop clinically significant pain. Some studies have used local
anesthesia to reduce pain with promising results, but the use of topical anesthesia has not
been reported before.
The investigators hypothesize that the use of topical anesthesia before rubber band ligation
significantly reduces post procedure pain.