Comparison 2. Bleeding.

Outcome or subgroup title	No. of studies	No. of participants	Statistical method	Effect size
1 number of patients with bleeding consistent with hemorrhoids	1	2	Odds Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.0 [0.0, 0.0]
2 Proportion of patients experiencing bleeding consistent with hemorrhoidal bleeding at final follow‐up	13	1006	Odds Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	1.13 [0.80, 1.61]
3 Patients with bleeding at follow up >1 year but <2 years	7	573	Odds Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	1.33 [0.82, 2.15]
4 patients with bleeding at follow‐up >2years	4	230	Odds Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	1.01 [0.44, 2.29]