Effectiveness of high-dose barium enema filling for colonic diverticular bleeding.
Colorectal Dis
; 13(8): 896-8, 2011 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
AIM:
Therapeutic barium enema was first reported in 1970. The long-term recurrence rate of colonic diverticular bleeding after therapeutic barium enema was compared with that of endoscopic haemostasis.METHOD:
This study included 57 consecutive patients admitted between 2003 and 2008 with colonic diverticular bleeding in whom conservative treatment failed to stop bleeding within 3 h of hospital admission. Lower gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed immediately after admission. In 75% of patients, bleeding was from the right colon, and any identifiable source of bleeding was treated by endoscopic haemostasis. Cases with an undetectable source received high-dose barium impaction therapy.RESULTS:
Treatment was as follows Group A (n = 37) solely by endoscopic haemostasis; Group B (n = 11) solely by therapeutic barium enema group, and Group C (n = 9) by endoscopic haemostasis and therapeutic barium enema. At a follow up of seven (median; range 1-56) months, recurrent bleeding rates were 18/37 (48.6%), 6/11 (54.5%) and 2/9 (22.2%) (P = 0.3930).CONCLUSION:
High-dose barium enema is as effective as endoscopic haemostasis for the prevention of recurrent diverticular bleeding.
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Asunto principal:
Sulfato de Bario
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Hemostasis Endoscópica
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Enfermedades del Colon
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Divertículo del Colon
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Enema
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Hemorragia Gastrointestinal
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Año:
2011
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Article