How Do We Compare?

Infrared Coagulation

This is the treatment option most accepted by patients. Treatment time usually takes less than a minute, and the procedure is virtually painless, thus anesthesia is not required. Studies have shown that infrared coagulation and rubber band ligation are equally effective in treating early hemorrhoids, but that rubber band ligation is more painful. Most importantly, however, is that there have never been any serious complications from infrared coagulation reported in the medical literature, rendering it preferable to rubber band ligation for early stage disease.