None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Symptomatic Haemorrhoids are a commonly encountered in the colorectal clinic. Rubber band ligation is a simple treatment that can be performed easily in the office with minimal equipment. However, pain is common following banding and is sometimes associated with vasovagal symptoms. There have been some reports of using local anaesthetics in banding to reduce post-procedure pain but the results were conflicting. The purpose of this study is to prospectively verify the efficacy of local anaesthetic injection in reducing the pain associated with using our present technique of suction banding. The prospectively collected data will also be examined for possible contributing factors to patients’ pain experience following banding.
Interventions
Local anaesthetic injections using 2-3ml of 0.5% bupivicaine injected in the haemorrhoidal mucosa immediately under the band at each site after application of the band. This procedure takes approximately 10-15 minutes.
Sponsors
Ian Bissett
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
16 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Patients seen in outpatient clinic with hemorrhoids who would normally be offered hemorrhoid banding
Exclusion criteria
Patients with co-existing anorectal conditions Patients with allergies to local anaesthetics Patients on which banding is contraindicated
Outcome results
None listed