Successful Treatment of Severe Spontaneous Periampullary Bleeding with Argon Plasma Coagulation

Periampullary bleeding is an uncommon cause of upper gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage, which is typically iatrogenic in origin occurring as the result of endoscopic intervention of the papilla. Spontaneous, non-iatrogenic periampullary bleeding is extraordinarily rare with only a few cases reported...

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Main Author: Amir Abadir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-07-01
Series:Clinical Medicine Insights: Gastroenterology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/CGast.S17667