To treat menopausal bleeding

Diagnostic accuracy of sonohysterography compared to endometrial biopsy in pre-menopausal women with abnormal uterine bleeding

  Background: AUB is a common cause of women’s referring to gynecologists. Although hysteroscopy is known as the gold standard technique for diagnosing the cause of AUB, sonohysterography is less invasive, and it is performed by general gynecologists. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of sonohysterography compared to the results of the endometrial biopsy, guid...

Diagnostic Imaging Pathways - Bleeding (Abnormal Pre- Menopausal)

Abnormal uterine bleeding in pre-menopausal women.

BACKGROUND Abnormal uterine bleeding is the direct cause of a significant health care burden for women, their families, and society as a whole. Up to 30% of women will seek medical assistance for this problem during their reproductive years. This guideline replaces previous clinical guidelines on the topic and is aimed to enable health care providers with the tools to provide the latest evidenc...

Cyanoacrylate injection to treat recurrent bleeding from Dieulafoy's lesion.

a new, over-the-wire technique for SLG tube placement during a single, same-day endoscopic procedure. First, we identify the existing fistula between the skin and the gastric body. We gently probe the gastrostomy tract and establish it with a guidewire under direct endoscopic vision. We grasp the guidewire with an endoscopic snare and withdraw it through the mouth in a standard manner. Second, ...

Is there an optimal technique to treat the bleeding diverticulum? Is diverticular bleeding a recurrent disease?

Colonic diverticular bleeding is the most common cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding in adults [1,2]. Bleeding can occur from an injured branch of the submucosal plexus vessels at the neck or along the dome of the diverticulum [3]. While the majority (approximately 80%) of bleeding is self-limited, some patients can develop massive bleeding–perhaps because the submucosal plexus is derived ...