Volume 388, Issue 10042, Pages 356-364 (July 2016) Haemorrhoidal artery ligation versus rubber band ligation for the management of symptomatic second-degree and third-degree haemorrhoids (HubBLe): a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial Mr Steven R Brown, MD, James P Tiernan, PhD, Prof Angus J M Watson, FRCS, Katie Biggs, MSc, Neil Shephard, MSc, Prof Allan J Wailoo, PhD, Mike Bradburn, MSc, Abualbishr Alshreef, MSc, Daniel Hind, PhD The Lancet Volume 388, Issue 10042, Pages 356-364 (July 2016) DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30584-0 Copyright © 2016 Brown et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Trial profile RBL=rubber band ligation. HAL=haemorrhoidal artery ligation. The Lancet 2016 388, 356-364DOI: (10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30584-0) Copyright © 2016 Brown et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Mean EQ-5D scores with 95% CIs over 12 months follow-up Some participants did not complete all measures in the forms, five participants (three in the RBL group, two in the HAL group) did not complete the EQ-5D score measure. RBL=rubber band ligation. HAL=haemorrhoidal artery ligation. The Lancet 2016 388, 356-364DOI: (10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30584-0) Copyright © 2016 Brown et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY Terms and Conditions