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One common option is banding or rubber band ligation.
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Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Unique high dissection and selective ligation technique of colorectal cancer were first proposed by Prof. Wang’s team.
—Jaw-Yuan Wang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2025
For more severe cases, Orlando says procedures such as rubber band ligation (placing a small band around the base of an internal hemorrhoid to cut off its blood supply) and sclerotherapy (an injection that shrinks the hemorrhoid), may be recommended.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
In more severe cases, your provider may tie off the vein (ligation) and then remove it (stripping).
—Sarah Hudgens, Health, 4 Sep. 2025
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Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Unique high dissection and selective ligation technique of colorectal cancer were first proposed by Prof. Wang’s team.
—Jaw-Yuan Wang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2025
For more severe cases, Orlando says procedures such as rubber band ligation (placing a small band around the base of an internal hemorrhoid to cut off its blood supply) and sclerotherapy (an injection that shrinks the hemorrhoid), may be recommended.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
In more severe cases, your provider may tie off the vein (ligation) and then remove it (stripping).
—Sarah Hudgens, Health, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Ligation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ligation. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
Copy CitationKids Definition
ligation
noun
li·ga·tion
lī-ˈgā-shən 
: the act of tying a bodily part (as a blood vessel) with a ligature
Medical Definition
ligation
noun
li·ga·tion
lī-ˈgā-shən
1
a
: the surgical process of tying up an anatomical channel (as a blood vessel)
b
: the process of joining together chemical chains (as of DNA or protein)
2
: something that binds : ligature
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