• Dis. Colon Rectum · Nov 1990

    Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial

    A randomized trial comparing direct current therapy and bipolar diathermy in the outpatient treatment of third-degree hemorrhoids.

    • C P Hinton and D L Morris.
    • Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
    • Dis. Colon Rectum. 1990 Nov 1;33(11):931-2.

    AbstractFifty patients with third-degree hemorrhoids were randomized to receive outpatient treatment with either bipolar diathermy or direct current therapy. Direct current therapy was used to treat 26 patients and bipolar diathermy was used to treat 24 patients. Twenty patients in each group were successfully treated as judged by resolution of symptoms and shrinkage of hemorrhoidal tissue. Both treatments are effective in the outpatient management of large, prolapsing hemorrhoids. Bipolar diathermy is less time consuming and better tolerated.

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