[Non-surgical alternative management of hemorrhoidal disease].

Unlabelled: Clinical manifestations of hemorrhoidal disease depend on its location (internal or external) and the presence or not of complications.

Purpose: To describe the results of the three most common alternatives for non-surgical procedures treating internal hemorrhoids: rubber band ligation, esclerotherapy and infrared photocoagulation.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective, longitudinal and descriptive study from January 1998 to December 2002 was carried out, including variables like age, gender, clinical manifestations and date of initiation, type of non-surgical alternative treatment, complications, management and stage of the illness.