Open AccessA practical alternative for salvage therapy in Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Ankaferd Blood Stopper
Author(s) -
Berk Baş,
Talat Ayyıldız,
Ufuk Avcıoğlu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
deneysel ve klinik tıp dergisi/journal of experimental and clinical medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.103
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1309-4483
pISSN - 1309-5129
DOI - 10.52142/omujecm.38.si.gastro.9
Subject(s) - medicine , upper gastrointestinal bleeding , surgery , argon plasma coagulation , gastrointestinal bleeding , sclerotherapy , endoscopic treatment , endoscopy , lower gastrointestinal bleeding , colonoscopy , colorectal cancer , cancer
Upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding is a medical problem that is encountered in the clinic quite often. Endoscopic procedures still constitute the basis of the treatment in gastrointestinal bleeding. Hemoclips, argon plasma coagulation, sclerotherapy, heater probe, and hemosprays accompanied by endoscopy are used alone or in combination. In this study, we shared our experience of using the drug called Ankaferd blood stopper, which is indicated for use in many forms of bleeding, in 64 patients who applied to our clinic with upper or lower gastrointestinal bleeding between January 2019 and April 2020.