Endoscopic Management of Peptic Ulcer Bleeding: Recent Advances

• Published in: Clinical endoscopy Vol. 52; no. 5; pp. 416 - 418
• Main Author: Philip Wy Chiu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 대한소화기내시경학회 30.09.2019
• Subjects: Bleeding peptic ulcer; Endoscopy; Transarterial embolization

Bleeding peptic ulcers remained as one of the commonest causes of hospitalization worldwide. While endoscopic hemostasis serves as primary treatment for bleeding ulcers, rebleeding after endoscopic hemostasis becomes more and more difficult to manage as patients are usually poor surgical candidates...