Clinical Trial: Precise Administration of Sucralfate Powder in Prevention of Delayed Postpolypectomy Bleeding. A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Delayed postpolypectomy bleeding occurs in approximately 1%-2% of all patients undergoing colonoscopic polypectomy, and this rate increases to 6% in patients with large (>2 cm) colon polyps. Sucralfate can protect the mucosa and promote its healing. This study was conducted to investigate whether colonoscopic spraying of sucralfate powder on polypectomy wounds can prevent delayed postoperative bleeding.

Methods

This randomized controlled trial included patients with polyps (size ≥0.5 cm) who had undergone colonoscopic polypectomy at our hospital between May 2023 and January 2024. After polypectomy, the patients received standard treatment for immediate bleeding. Then, they were randomly allocated to either a sucralfate group (prophylactic spraying of sucralfate

SUBMITTER: Chiang HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12020694 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature