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Table 3.

Outcomes of both treatments

	RBL	Bipolar coagualation
Successful treatment	92%	62%^a
Failures and crossovers	8%	38%^*
Complication of treatment	4%	5%
Mean treatment sessions to achieve hemostasis^a	2.3±0.2	3.8±0.4^a

RBL, rubber band ligation.

Results are as intention to treat and include the additional anoscopic treatments after crossover.

P<0.05.