Endoscopic rubber band ligation, injection sclerotherapy, and sclerobanding for the treatment of internal hemorrhoids

Table 7 Postoperative pain characteristics for grade II-III hemorrhoids, n (%)

Subgroup	Pain	VAS [median (Q1, Q3)]	Pain duration [days, median (Q1, Q3)]
ERBL	35 (72.92)a	2.00 (0.00, 4.00)a	2.00 (0.00, 3.75)a
IS	5 (12.20)a,b	0.00 (0.00, 0.00)a,b	0.00 (0.00, 0.00)a,b
ESB	15 (29.41)a,b	0.00 (0.00, 2.00)a,b	0.00 (0.00, 1.00)a,b
Total	55 (39.29)	0.00 (0.00, 2.75)	0.00 (0.00, 2.00)
Statistic	χ² = 37.461	H = 35.553	H = 41.352
P value	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

^aP < 0.001, post-hoc analyses were performed at P < 0.05.

^bP’ < 0.001 vs endoscopic rubber band ligation.

ERBL: Endoscopic rubber band ligation; IS: Injection sclerotherapy; ESB: Endoscopic polidocanol sclerobanding; VAS: Visual analog scale.