Comprehensive review of outcomes of endoscopic treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding

Gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) is a major cause of hospital admission and death. Endoscopic treatment is an important therapeutic modality for the treatment of GIB, and can involve injection therapy, thermal therapy, hemoclipping, and ligation therapy. In addition to hemostatic devices, new endosco...

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Main Authors: Tae-Geun Gweon, Jinsu Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society of Gastrointestinal Intervention 2018-10-01
Series:Gastrointestinal Intervention
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.18528/gii180022
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description Gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) is a major cause of hospital admission and death. Endoscopic treatment is an important therapeutic modality for the treatment of GIB, and can involve injection therapy, thermal therapy, hemoclipping, and ligation therapy. In addition to hemostatic devices, new endoscopic techniques such as capsule endoscopy and balloon-assisted enteroscopy have been developed. The causes, therapeutic modalities, and outcomes of GIB differ according to bleeding source. This review comprehensively describes the outcomes of endoscopic treatment of GIB.
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spelling doaj.art-cbcade1b4ed843348d3554bdd4126d6a2022-12-22T03:33:29ZengSociety of Gastrointestinal InterventionGastrointestinal Intervention2213-17952018-10-017312313010.18528/gii180022gii180022Comprehensive review of outcomes of endoscopic treatment of gastrointestinal bleedingTae-Geun Gweon0Jinsu Kim1Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, KoreaDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, KoreaGastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) is a major cause of hospital admission and death. Endoscopic treatment is an important therapeutic modality for the treatment of GIB, and can involve injection therapy, thermal therapy, hemoclipping, and ligation therapy. In addition to hemostatic devices, new endoscopic techniques such as capsule endoscopy and balloon-assisted enteroscopy have been developed. The causes, therapeutic modalities, and outcomes of GIB differ according to bleeding source. This review comprehensively describes the outcomes of endoscopic treatment of GIB.https://doi.org/10.18528/gii180022EndoscopyGastrointestinal hemorrhageHemostasis, endoscopicReviewTreatment outcome
spellingShingle Tae-Geun Gweon
Jinsu Kim
Comprehensive review of outcomes of endoscopic treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding
Gastrointestinal Intervention
Endoscopy
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
Hemostasis, endoscopic
Review
Treatment outcome
title Comprehensive review of outcomes of endoscopic treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding
title_full Comprehensive review of outcomes of endoscopic treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding
title_fullStr Comprehensive review of outcomes of endoscopic treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding
title_full_unstemmed Comprehensive review of outcomes of endoscopic treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding
title_short Comprehensive review of outcomes of endoscopic treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding
title_sort comprehensive review of outcomes of endoscopic treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding
topic Endoscopy
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
Hemostasis, endoscopic
Review
Treatment outcome
url https://doi.org/10.18528/gii180022
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