An unusual complication of rubber band ligation of hemorrhoids

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Feb 1987 English Publisher:Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)Journal:Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, volume 30, pages 137-140 (issn: 0012-3706,

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Authors: D G, Wechter; G K, Luna;

doi: 10.1007/bf02554954

pmid: 3803121

An unusual complication of rubber band ligation of hemorrhoids

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Abstract

Rubber band ligation of hemorrhoids has had a low incidence of complications until recently, when five deaths resulted from bacterial septicemia or toxemia. The case presented describes a severe soft-tissue infection following banding successfully treated with antibiotics, surgical debridement, and hyperbaric oxygen.

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Keywords

Adult, Myoglobinuria, Humans, Surgical Wound Infection, Cellulitis, Female, Hemorrhoids, Ligation

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