| Methods |
Assignment: sealed envelopes
Follow‐up:
8 weeks |
| Participants |
Grade 3 and 4 hemorrhoids. Exclusion: previous or concomitant anorectal disease, anticoagulation, and those with a hematologic disorder. |
| Interventions |
Ligasure and conventional closed technique (Ferguson) |
| Outcomes |
Operating time, pain, analgesics use, wound dehiscence, incontinence, hospital stay, compliactions, return to work |
| Notes |
MJS 3 |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
High risk |
C ‐ Inadequate |
