The Role of Endoscopic Hemostasis Therapy in Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

Acute severe lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB) can be treated by endoscopy safely and effectively. At present, the data on the efficacy of endoscopy in the treatment of patients with LGIB are still being collected. Thus, guidelines to manage patients with LGIB are still in development. Herein,...

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Published inGastrointestinal endoscopy clinics of North America Vol. 28; no. 3; p. 391
Main Authors Soetikno, Roy, Ishii, Naoki, Kolb, Jennifer M, Hammad, Hazem, Kaltenbach, Tonya
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.07.2018
Subjects
Diverticulosis
Endoscopic hemostasis
Endoscopic therapy
Endoscopic clipping
Lower gastrointestinal bleeding
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Summary:Acute severe lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB) can be treated by endoscopy safely and effectively. At present, the data on the efficacy of endoscopy in the treatment of patients with LGIB are still being collected. Thus, guidelines to manage patients with LGIB are still in development. Herein, based on the recent literature and their twenty year experience in their units in the US and in Japan, the authors summarize the role of endoscopic hemostasis therapy in acute severe LGIB with a focus on how to perform the hemostasis techniques.
ISSN:1558-1950
DOI:10.1016/j.giec.2018.02.010