Microcoil Embolization for Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Microcoil embolization of acute arterial gastrointestinal bleeding: procedure, results and factors affecting outcome

The Efficacy and Long-Term Outcome of Microcoil Embolotherapy for Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical efficacy as well as long-term clinical outcomes of superselective microcoil embolization for lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB). MATERIALS AND METHODS Between 1997 and 2009, 26 patients with intended transcatheter embolotherapy for LGIB were retrospectively reviewed. Embolization was performed only when the catheter could be advanced to or distal to the ...

The Clinical Outcomes of Transcatheter Microcoil Embolization in Patients with Active Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Small Bowel

OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical outcomes of the transcatheter microcoil embolization in patients with active lower gastrointestinal (LGI) bleeding in the small bowel, as well as to compare the mortality rates between the two groups based on the visualization or non-visualization of the bleeding focus determined by an angiography. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively evaluated all of the ...

Acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding from a polyp

A 50-year-old woman was admitted to our institution because of a pertrochanteric fracture in her right hip to place a femoral nail. Orthopedic surgeons prescribed metamizol 1 g t.i.d. plus paracetamol 1 g t.i.d., both intravenously, as analgesics. One week after surgery she started having hematochezia and her hemoglobin dropped from 12 to 7.7 g/dL. She underwent an urgent gastroscopy (normal)an...

superselective transarterial embolization for lower gastrointestinal bleeding: an analysis of its effectiveness and safety

conclusion superselective tae for lgi bleeding has a high success and low complication rate. there are no statistical correlations between the clinical success rate and several variables, including embolic material, embolization site, and anticoagulant or antiplatelet medication. patients and methods fifty-two patients who underwent superselective tae for lgi bleeding between 2003 and 2011 were...