Open AccessEndoscopic hemostasis techniques for upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage: A review
Author(s) -
Hajime Anjiki,
Terumi Kamisawa,
Masaki Sanaka,
Taro Ishii,
Yasushi Kawakami
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-5190
DOI - 10.4253/wjge.v2.i2.54
Subject(s) - medicine , hemostasis , endoscopy , disease , esophageal varices , surgery , intensive care medicine , general surgery , portal hypertension , cirrhosis
Upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage (UGIH) is an urgent disease that is often encountered in daily medical practice. Endoscopic hemostasis is currently indispensable for the treatment of UGIH. Initially, when UGIH is suspected, a cause of UGIH is presumed from the medical interview and physical findings. After ample primary treatment, urgent endoscopy is performed. Many methods of endoscopic hemostasis are in wide use, including hemoclip, injection and thermo-coagulation methods. Although UGIH develops from a wide variety of diseases, such as esophageal varices and gastric and duodenal ulcer, hemostasis is almost always possible. Identification of the causative diseases, primary treatment and characteristic features of endoscopic hemostasis are needed to allow appropriate treatment.