Rubber band ligation banding your doctor will take a tiny rubber band only a few millimeters wide and put it over the base of an internal hemorrhoid to cut off the flow of blood.
Rubber band ligation experience.
The hemorrhoid will shrink and die within a few days with shriveled hemorrhoidal tissue and band falling off during normal bowel movements likely without the patient noticing.
That way blood won t be able to flow to it.
To do this procedure a doctor inserts a viewing instrument anoscope into the anus.
Its smooth curved design allows for painless insertion and placement.
Another name for hemorrhoid banding is rubber band ligation.
It s a minimally invasive technique that involves tying the base.
This treatment is only for internal hemorrhoids.
With rubber band ligation a small band is applied to the base of the hemorrhoid stopping the blood supply to the hemorrhoidal mass.
It s made without natural rubber latex and is ready to use right out of the package with 2 preloaded bands.
During this procedure the doctor will use rubber bands to tie off the base of the hemorrhoid.