Efficacy of ankaferd blood stopper application on non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Abstract

ABS is an effective method on NVUGIB, particularly on young patients with no coagulopathy. ABS may be considered as part of a combination treatment with other endoscopic methods.

Hemostatic materials in non-variceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage

“…The topical use of ABS has previously been approved by the Turkish Ministry of Health and is being used to address both dermal and post-surgical bleeding. 14 Gungor et al 15 found that 19 of 26 UGIH patients had successful hemostasis, with a first-stage success rate of 73% and rebleeding rate of 15.8%. In the paper 6 out of 7 subjects who had failed treatments were successful with additional conventional endoscopic treatment.…”

New insights on an old medical emergency: non-portal hypertension related upper gastrointestinal bleeding

“…The use of Hemospray ® as primary monotherapy for controlling active ulcer bleeding has been reported with a success rate of 95% (48). More recently, its use as a rescue therapy when other conventional treatments have failed has also been reported with a hemostasis rate of 100% (50). ABS ® is another hemostatic powder that may be used in UGIB, only available in Turkey, consisting of a mixture of plants (Thymus vulgaris, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Vitis vinifera, Alpinia officinarum, Urtica dioica).…”

“…The success of other strategies such as argon plasma coagulation, cyanoacrylate injection, Hemospray ® , and ABS ® in stopping bleeding from Dieulafoy's lesion has been also reported (50,58,62,63).…”

“…While a study showed superiority of band ligation versus clips plus epinephrine (55), other studies found no differences between band ligation versus clips or epinephrine regarding rebleeding or immediate hemostasis rate (56,57). The use of Hemospray ® and ABS ® to control bleeding in patients with MWS has been reported as well (50,58).…”

What′s New in Critical Illness and Injury Science? Coagulants for local application in the surgical armamentarium!

“…[3456] While some authors have found it to be as effective as Surgicel ® in controlling bleeding from liver laceration, others have demonstrated superior results. [78] Livers with ABS application completed their regeneration process with minimal signs of inflammation as demonstrated on histopathology and better intra–abdominal adhesion scores.…”