Publications by authors named "Ohmar Coughlin"
Background: Hemorrhoid banding is an established treatment for symptomatic internal hemorrhoids with proven efficacy, low cost, and limited discomfort. Although the costs and quality of life following individual banding treatments have been investigated, little is known about cumulative cost and quality of life from sequential banding therapy or how these cumulative costs compare to surgical therapy.
Objective: This study aimed to determine the cost-effectiveness of sequential hemorrhoid banding therapy.
Background: Pressure distribution over tourniquet width is a determinant of pressure needed for arterial occlusion. Different width tensioning systems could result in arterial occlusion pressure differences among nonelastic strap designs of equal width.
Methods: Ratcheting Medical Tourniquets (RMTs; m2 inc.