Management of Bleeding Gastroduodenal Ulcers

Therapeutic options for endoscopic haemostatic failures: the place of the surgeon and radiologist in gastrointestinal tract bleeding

“…In our centre this has become the preferred technique and has recently been evaluated. 20 In the period 1988 to 2001 a total of 63 patients were analysed. Surgery was performed in 33% as initial therapy and 65% for re-bleeding.…”

Surgical Symposia during the 14th UEGW, Berlin, Germany, 2006

“…resectional) surgery [9] . Because of the extremely negative selection of patients (50-70% ASA class 3-4) surgical intervention is presently accompanied with a high mortality rate, although the underlying disease and the impact of surgery rather than rebleeding are the major cause of death [10,11] . In order to minimize the negative impact of surgical trauma transcatheter embolization is a promising novel tool.…”