Experimental and clinical studies on heater probe hemostasis for upper gastrointestinal bleeding with special reference to comparison with ethanol injection.
The hemostatic effects in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding was evaluated using an endoscopic heater probe method and ethanol injection method. The heater probe method was effective in 94.4% of patients with few complications. The ethanol injection method was effective in 86.5% of patients. The heater probe method is considered to be an effective and safe technique in the treatment of upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
Tanabe
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Department of Gastroenterology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan.
Koizumi
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W
Kida
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M
Yokoyama
Y
Y
Saigenji
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K
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D004285:Dogs; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D000431:Ethanol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006489:Hemostatic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D015552:Injections, Intralesional; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D000431:Ethanol