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  • Hemorrhoidal disease affects a significant portion of the population.
  • Accurate assessment of bleeding severity is crucial for effective treatment planning.
  • Existing scoring systems may lack comprehensive evaluation of hemorrhoidal bleeding.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the validity and reproducibility of a novel hemorrhoidal bleeding score (HBS).
  • To determine if HBS can effectively differentiate patients requiring surgical intervention.
  • To assess the utility of HBS in quantifying treatment outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Prospective study involving two stages: score validation and interobserver reproducibility assessment.
  • Patients with bleeding hemorrhoidal disease were assessed using the HBS.
  • Statistical analyses included association studies, multivariate analysis, and interobserver agreement (kappa).

Main Results:

  • The hemorrhoidal bleeding score (HBS) showed a significant positive association with surgery indication (P<0.001).
  • A cutoff value of 5 on the HBS demonstrated 75% sensitivity and 81.25% specificity for predicting surgical need.
  • HBS was significantly associated with operative decisions (OR, 12.22) and improved significantly post-treatment (P<0.0001).
  • Excellent interobserver agreement (kappa=0.983) was observed for the HBS.

Conclusions:

  • The hemorrhoidal bleeding score (HBS) is a sensitive, specific, and reproducible tool for assessing hemorrhoidal bleeding severity.
  • HBS efficiently discriminates between patients who would benefit from surgery compared to the Goligher prolapse score.
  • HBS provides a quantifiable measure of improvement in hemorrhoidal bleeding following treatment.