Correction to: Tamponade dressings versus no tamponade after hemorrhoidectomy: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Schedule of enrolment, interventions and assessments according to SPIRIT

	Enrolment		Surgery	Post Surgical Pain Assessment				Follow UP 1 Hospital Discharge	Follow up 2 End of Study
Time Points (t)	t -7 days	t-12 hours	t 0	6 hours	12 hours	24 hours	48 hours	Day 3	Day 7
Eligibility Screening and Allocation To Treatment Groups
Obtaining Written Informed Consent	x
Checking In- and Exclusion criteria	x
Web-based Randomisation		x
Allocation			x
Interventions
No Tamponade Dressing			x
Tamponade Dressing			x
Assessment of Baseline Variables
Demography	x
Goligher`s Classification of Hemorrhoids	x
Concomitant Medication & Comorbidities	x		x
Hemoglobin (as part of the clinical routine)	x		x
Pain Prophylaxis and Treatment			x
Description of Surgery			x
Assessment of Outcome Variables
Change of Concomitant Medication & Comorbidities (including pain medication)								x	x
Pain Prophylaxis and Treatment								x	x
Tamponade Dressing Removal or Insertion			x					x	x
Hemoglobin (as part of the clinical routine)	x		x					x	x
Pain	x			x	x	x	x	x	x
Quality of Life (EQ5D)	x							x	x
Patient Satisfaction									x
Surgical Revision due to Bleeding								x	x
Adverse events & Serious adverse events			x					x	x

Legend: Detailed overview of all study time points with description of data collection during enrolment, postsurgical pain assessment and follow up

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