Injection Sclerotherapy

While injection sclerotherapy does not appear to be as effective,[SMM83,GSM85] as rubber band ligation for the treatment of haemmoroids it does offer some advantages;

• Rapid
• Single Operator
• Well tolerated by the patient
• It is not technically possible to apply a rubber band to a small haemmoroid that may be red friable and bleeding

For these reasons, injection sclerotherapy continues to play a role in the management of haemorrhoids.

Like rubber band ligation, injection sclerotherapy is not much use when there are large external components.