Comparison of Hemorrhoid Sclerotherapy Using Glucose 50% vs. Phenol in Olive Oil

Background: sclerotherapy is a safe hemorrhoid treatment with minimum costs and side effects. the expensive present sclerosants reduce our tendency to use this technique, so we conducted this study in a try to replace them.material and methods: this is a prospective study on 170 hemorrhoid cases visited at imam ali and khatam clinics during a year. patients were randomly divided into case and control groups. after sedation and proctoscopy 3 ml of “50% glucose” and “phenol in olive oil” solutions were injected in each hemorrhoid pile of case and control groups respectively. patients were assessed 1 week and 3 months thereafter. data was analyzed via spss-17 software, using ?2 and t-student tests.results: out of 71 cases and 73 controls, 55.6% were female. the most common chief complaint was bleeding (51.4%). the 2 groups were even regarding gender, age and chief complaint. (p-value respectively 0.412, 0.876, 0.146). bleeding after1 week and 3 months and response rate didn’t show a significant statistical difference between 2 groups. (p-value respectively 0.914, 0.731, 0.422). finally 19 patients didn’t respond to any treatment (13.2%).conclusion: in an even sample sclerotherapy with 50% glucose can be as efficient as phenol in olive oil solution. regarding cultural characteristics, we hope that evolving non surgical techniques may encourage patients to seek early treatments.