Endoscopic band ligation for treatment of post-polypectomy bleeding.
Endoscopic band ligation is a newly developed technique that has been proved to be an effective treatment of bleeding esophageal varices. Meanwhile, this technique also has been shown to be a successful method of controlling non-variceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Moreover, there are scattered reports about endoscopic band ligation for treatment of post-polypectomy hemorrhage. In this report, we describe the successful application of colonoscopic band ligation to control severe post-polypectomy colonic bleeding not responding to standard techniques.
Pfaffenbach
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Medizinische Klinik, St. Josef-Hospital, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
Adamek
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Wegener
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D018256:Adenomatous Polyps / Q000601:surgery*; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000601:surgery*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008875:Middle Aged; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation