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Endoscopic clipping
Author(s) -
GRUPKA Michael J,
BENSON Jay
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of digestive diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.684
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1751-2980
pISSN - 1751-2972
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-2980.2008.00325.x
Subject(s) - clips , medicine , clipping (morphology) , simplicity , surgery , intensive care medicine , philosophy , epistemology , linguistics
Endoscopic clips are relatively new devices that have been shown to be effective for the control of acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Various different models are available and offer simplicity of use with relatively few complications. Recently, endoscopic clips have been used for a variety of non‐hemorrhagic conditions. In this article we review the literature and present current thinking about the indications, efficacy and safety of these devices.