Erschienen in:
01.07.2013 | Editorial
Transcatheter Intervention for Non-variceal Gastrointestinal Bleeding: What Have We Learned in 45 Years?
verfasst von:
Doumit S. BouHaidar, Brian J. Strife
Erschienen in:
Digestive Diseases and Sciences
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Ausgabe 7/2013
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Excerpt
Despite considerable advances in diagnostic testing, medical treatment, surgical and non-surgical interventions, therapy of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding remains a challenge for physicians. Although GI bleeding ceases spontaneously in roughly 75 % of patients, it still carries a relatively high morbidity and mortality in our aging population [
1]. When faced with a bleeding patient, clinicians initially attempt to separate hemorrhage arising in the upper gastrointestinal (UGI) tract from that originating in the lower gastrointestinal (LGI) tract, delineated by the ligament of Treitz, due to the considerable differences in diagnosis, treatment and prognosis associated with each region. Regardless of location, endovascular interventions remain important for the diagnosis and treatment of GI bleeding, likely only increasing in application and efficacy in the coming decades. …
