Musarrat Hussain, Riaz Hussain, Main Iftikhar-ul Haq, Gul Sharif, Muhammad Uzair, Safir Ullah Khalil.
The Efficacy of Tab. Daflon and Injection Sclerotherapy in the Treatment of Haemorrhoids.
Ophthalmol Update Jan ;14(2):70-3.

Objectives: To compare the therapeutic efficacy of Tab Daflon and injection Sclerotherapy in treatment of first degree Haemorrhoids in patients. Materials & Methods: This Randomized control trial was conducted at surgical D unit of Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar from January 2014 to December 2015, on 120 patients of 1O Hemorrhoids with chief complaint of bleeding PR, presenting at the outpatient department, were randomized by lottery method into two groups (60 patients in each group), one group was named as Daflon group A and the other group was named as Sclerotherapy group B. The outcome measures were relief of symptoms i-e reduction in episodes of bleeding per rectum. The demographic and clinical data of all the patients were collected using a specially designed proforma and data was analyzed with SPSS version-17. Results: In Group `A` mean age was 45.07 � 13.56 yrs the range being 23-65. In Group `B` mean age was 37.9 � 12.81yrs the range being 21-69 years.All patients in both the groups had bleeding per rectum. After two weeks 44 (73.3%) patients in Group `A` and 48 (80%) patients in Group `B` achieved symptomatic relief from bleeding. Conclusion: Tablet Daflon is a better choice for 1st degree haemorrhoids due to fewer side effects and there is no statistical difference between tablet Daflon and Sclerotherapy fortreatment of 1st degree haemorrhoids.

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