A second surgical option is a haemorrhoidal artery ligation (HAL), which uses a device to locate the arteries feeding the piles, which are then stitched. This procedure is more painful and expensive ...

Double (7 patients) or triple (9 patients) rubber-band ligation was performed ... to report procedure-related complications (persistent pain for 7 days post-treatment). The authors graded ...

The Haemorrhoidal Artery Ligation (HAL) versus Rubber Band Ligation (RBL) for symptomatic second and third-degree haemorrhoids ... So, a course of RBL has similar recurrence rates to HAL, which is ...