# Prospective Randomized Trial About THD Versus Ligasure Hemorrhoidectomy for Grade III and IV Hemorrhoids

> **NCT02654249** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge** · enrollment: 80 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Hemorrhoids

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Transanal hemorrhoidal dearterialization + mucopexy (THD).
- **PROCEDURE:** Ligasure™ hemorrhoidectomy
- **DEVICE:** THD anoscope and doppler
- **DEVICE:** Ligasure Vessel Sealing

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02654249
- **Lead sponsor:** Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2015-12
- **Primary completion:** 2018-01
- **Final completion:** 2020-01
- **Target enrollment:** 80 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2021-04-19


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02654249

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02654249, "Prospective Randomized Trial About THD Versus Ligasure Hemorrhoidectomy for Grade III and IV Hemorrhoids". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-10 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02654249. Licensed CC0.

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