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<journal-id>1870-7203</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta médica Grupo Ángeles]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta méd. Grupo Ángeles]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-7203</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Grupo Ángeles, Servicios de Salud]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1870-72032025000400334</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.35366/120512</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Colocación de bandas de silicón para el tratamiento de enfermedad hemorroidal. Serie de casos]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Silicone band placement for the treatment of hemorrhoidal disease. Case series]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aceves Quintero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Claudia Alejandra]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Villanueva Sáenz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Eduardo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad La Salle Facultad Mexicana de Medicina ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Angeles Pedregal  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>23</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>334</fpage>
<lpage>338</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-72032025000400334&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-72032025000400334&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-72032025000400334&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen:  Introducción:  La enfermedad hemorroidal es uno de los trastornos proctológicos más comunes, con mayor incidencia entre los 45 y 65 años. Como tratamiento inicial, se prefieren medidas conservadoras y, en casos refractarios, tratamientos ambulatorios, los más utilizados son la fotocoagulación infrarroja, escleroterapia y la ligadura hemorroidal con bandas de silicón.  Objetivo:  Analizar la efectividad de la ligadura hemorroidal con bandas de silicón como tratamiento no quirúrgico para la enfermedad hemorroidal no complicada grado I-III.  Material y métodos:  Estudio retrospectivo entre noviembre de 2021 y noviembre 2022, que incluyó información de pacientes tratados con ligadura hemorroidal con bandas de silicón por un mismo cirujano colorrectal en un centro de tercer nivel de atención.  Resultados:  Se estudiaron 175 pacientes con rango de edad de 18 a 92 años, en su mayoría hombres. La mediana de tiempo con síntomas fue de seis meses, siendo el sangrado el síntoma más frecuente. El 90.85% de los pacientes cursó sin complicaciones.  Conclusiones:  La ligadura hemorroidal es un tratamiento ambulatorio sencillo, de bajo costo, con una excelente tasa de éxito y baja tasa de complicaciones, por lo que debe considerarse en caso de pacientes refractarios al tratamiento ambulatorio.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract:  Introduction:  Hemorrhoidal disease is one of the most common proctologic disorders, with the highest incidence between 45 and 65 years of age. Conservative measures are preferred as initial treatment and, in refractory cases, outpatient treatments; the most commonly used are infrared photocoagulation, sclerotherapy, and hemorrhoidal ligation with silicone bands.  Objective:  To analyze the effectiveness of hemorrhoidal ligation with silicone bands as a non-surgical treatment for uncomplicated grade I-III hemorrhoidal disease.  Material and methods:  A retrospective study between November 2021 and November 2022 included information on patients treated with hemorrhoidal ligation with silicone bands by the same colorectal surgeon at a tertiary care center.  Results:  We studied 175 patients, mostly men aged 18 to 92. The median time with symptoms was six months, with bleeding being the most frequent symptom. 90.85% of the patients had no complications.  Conclusions:  Hemorrhoidal ligation is a simple, low-cost outpatient treatment with an excellent success rate and low complication rate. Therefore, it should be considered for refractory patients to outpatient treatment.]]></p></abstract>
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