A Case of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Following Argon Plasma Coagulation for Angiodysplasias in the Colon | Zendy

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A Case of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Following Argon Plasma Coagulation for Angiodysplasias in the Colon

Author(s) -

Hye Jin Jung,

Soo Hyung Ryu,

Kyoung Sik Park,

Won Jae Yoon,

Jin Nam Kim,

You Sun Kim,

Jeong Seop Moon

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

korean journal of gastroenterology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.203

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 2233-6869

pISSN - 1598-9992

DOI - 10.4166/kjg.2014.64.2.115

Subject(s) - argon plasma coagulation , medicine , angiodysplasia , cirrhosis , ectasia , hepatocellular carcinoma , spontaneous bacterial peritonitis , gastroenterology , peritonitis , gastrointestinal bleeding , sigmoidoscopy , colonoscopy , colorectal cancer , endoscopy , cancer

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is the most common infection in liver cirrhosis patients, and is not a result of surgery or intra abdominal infection. Argon plasma coagulation (APC) is an endoscopic procedure used with a high-frequency electrical current for control of bleeding from gastrointestinal vascular ectasias including angiodysplasia and gastric antral vascular ectasia. This procedure is known to be safe because it uses a noncontact method. Therefore, tissue injury is minimal and up to two to three millimeters. However, we experienced a case of SBP occurring immediately after performance of APC for control of severe bleeding from angiodysplasia in the colon in a patient with liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.

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