An unusual complication of rubber band ligation of hemorrhoids
- 1 February 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
- Vol. 30 (2) , 137-140
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02554954
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.This publication has 46 references indexed in Scilit:
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