Dr. Adi Malhotra is offering in-office hemorrhoidal banding for bleeding or prolapsing hemorrhoids. The procedure is performed with a CRH ORegan system. Most patients require initial evaluation with a colonoscopy to rule out polyps, cancer or colitis before hemorrhoidal banding.
The banding involves the following steps:
- Make an appointment and walk in for banding. No preparation needed. You will sign a consent form and be taken back to the examination room.
- Dr. Adi Malhotra would explain the procedure. In short, a small marker pen like device is inserted into the rectum with lubrication. It is pain free. Then the hemorrhoids are suctioned, and a rubber band slipped over the hemorrhoid making sure that you are pain free. The procedure takes between 30 seconds to a minute.
- You walk out of the clinic with no pain. You will return in 2 weeks intervals twice from the first procedure for banding of the other hemorrhoids since the hemorrhoids exist as a complex of 3 sets of veins arranged in a circular manner around the anus.
For more information, visit our Hemorrhoid Banding page or schedule an appointment.