[Hemorrhoid ligation: a new technique]

The Author describes an old technique of hemorrhoids' treatment with a new disposable instrument: the canadian Patrick O'Regan's Ligator. On a series of 342 patients, from December 1998 to March 2000, the Author, treating this pathology with good results in percentage, stresses on the manageability and practicality of this instrument both in the hospital regimen and in the Day Hospital.