Comparison of post-operative bleeding incidence in laser hemorrhoidoplasty with and without hemorrhoidal artery ligation: a double-blinded randomized controlled trial

Table 3 Association between Clavien-Dindo Classification and supplementation of HAL in patients undergoing LHP postoperatively

		Procedure		P value
		LHP n = 38 (%)	LHP + HAL n = 38 (%)	P value
1-day post-operatively
Clavien-Dindo Classification	Class I (n = 9)	3 (7.9)	6 (15.8)	0.480^a
Clavien-Dindo Classification	Class II-V (n = 0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	N/A
1-week post-operatively
Clavien-Dindo Classification	Class I (n = 6)	3 (7.9)	3 (7.9)	1.000^a
	Class II (n = 5)	1 (2.6)	4 (10.5)	0.358^a
	Class IIIa (n = 2)	2 (5.3)	0 (0.0)	0.493^a
	Class IIIb (n = 1)	0 (0.0)	1 (2.6)	1.000^a
	Class IVa-V (n = 0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	N/A
6-week post-operatively
Clavien-Dindo Classification	Class I (n = 1)	0 (0.0)	1 (2.6)	1.000^a
Clavien-Dindo Classification	Class II-V (n = 0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	N/A
Significant bleeding incidence (VRS 2 and 3 with Clavien-Dindo Grade II and higher)
Present, n (%)		3 (7.9)	5 (13.2)	0.711^a
Absent, n (%)		35 (92.1)	33 (86.8)	0.711^a

Data are presented as n (%)
LHP laser haemorrhoidoplasty, HAL haemorrhoidal artery ligation, N/A not applicable, VRS verbal rating scale
^aChi-square test (χ²); a p value <0.05 denotes a statistically significant result

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