Endoscopic suturing for management of peptic ulcer-related upper gastrointestinal bleeding: a preliminary experience.

ABSTRACT: Background and study aims  Acute non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) due to peptic ulcer disease (PUD) remains a common and challenging emergency managed by gastroenterologists. The proper role of endoscopic suturing on the management of PUD-related UGIB is unknown. Patients and methods  This is an international case series of patients who underwent endoscopic suturing for bleeding PUD. Primary outcome was rate of immediate hemostasis and rate of early rebleeding (within 72 hours). Secondary outcomes included technical success, delayed rebleeding (> 72 hours), and rate of adverse events (AEs). Results  Ten patients (mean age 66.7 years, 30 % female) were included in this study. Nine (90 %) had prior failed endoscopy hemostasis with an average of 1.4 ± 0

SUBMITTER: Agarwal A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6288763 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature