Endoscopic Band Ligation for Nonvariceal Bleeding: A Review

Endoscopic band ligation for colonic diverticular bleeding: possibility of standardization.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Endoscopic band ligation (EBL) has been used to achieve hemostasis in patients with colonic diverticular bleeding. The safety and effectiveness of EBL when performed by non-expert endoscopists have not been sufficiently verified. This study aimed to elucidate the feasibility of the EBL technique when performed by non-expert endoscopists and of considering EBL as a standard t...

Endoscopic Hemostasis of Nonvariceal Gastrointestinal Bleeding

We investigated 2668 patients with non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding and 660 patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding treated between 1987 and 2011 in our hospital. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding was associated with gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, Mallory-Weiss syndrome, esophageal disease, and others. Endoscopic hemostasis was performed in approximately 67% of all cases with up...

Endoscopic band ligation of active cardiac variceal bleeding.

Endoscopic Band Ligation: A Safe And Effective Treatment For Active Diverticular Bleeding

An 84-year-old female with hypertension and end-stage kidney disease on dialysis was admitted for sudden and massive hematochezia, hypovolemic shock, and severe anemia (hemoglobin 6.9 g/dL). A full colonoscopy with ileoscopy revealed bright red blood through the entire colon and multiple diverticula in the descending and sigmoid colon (Figure 1). After several passages and water irrigation, a d...

Acute nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding: endoscopic diagnosis and therapy.

Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding is a relatively common,potentially life-threatening condition that causes more than 300,000 hospital admissions and about 30,000 deaths per annum in America. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy is the procedure of choice for the diagnosis and therapy of upper gastrointestinal bleeding lesions. Endoscopic therapy is indicated for lesions with high risk stigmata of re...