Abstract | OBJECTIVE: METHODS: Between September 1986 and June 1991, we used heater probe to treat 202 patients with active bleeding or nonbleeding visible vessels at the ulcer craters. We were able to follow 159 patients for 2-7 yr (mean +/- SD: 54.5 +/- 19.9 months). Patients with active bleeding or nonbleeding visible vessels who did not receive endoscopic hemostasis or surgery in our previous studies served as controls. RESULTS: The energy applied to each patient in the heater probe group was 886 +/- 844 J (mean +/- SD). The ultimate hemostatic rate in the heater probe group was 91.2% (145/159). In the period of long-term follow-up, there were 32 episodes of rebleeding in 24 patients (16.6%). Most rebleeding episodes (22/32) subsided spontaneously. Only one rebleeding patient died before a surgical attempt. The rebleeding rate was less than that of the controls (43/87, p < 0.0001). CONCLUSION:
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Authors | H J Lin, C L Perng, K Wang, S D Lee, C H Lee |
Journal | The American journal of gastroenterology
(Am J Gastroenterol)
Vol. 90
Issue 1
Pg. 44-7
(Jan 1995)
ISSN: 0002-9270 [Print] United States |
PMID | 7801948
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Electrocoagulation
(instrumentation)
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage
(therapy)
- Prospective Studies
- Recurrence
- Treatment Outcome
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