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Case Reports
. 1987 Feb;30(2):137-40.
doi: 10.1007/BF02554954.

An unusual complication of rubber band ligation of hemorrhoids

D G Wechter, G K Luna
Case Reports

An unusual complication of rubber band ligation of hemorrhoids

D G Wechter et al. Dis Colon Rectum. 1987 Feb.

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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