Is Combined Endoscopic Therapy Superior to Thermal Monotherapy in Patients With Actively Bleeding Peptic Ulcers?

Gianluca Rotondano; Riccardo Marmo; Maria Antonia Bianco; Livio Cipolletta

Is Combined Endoscopic Therapy Superior to Thermal Monotherapy in Patients With Actively Bleeding Peptic Ulcers?

Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2006 Apr;2(4):271-273.

Authors

Gianluca Rotondano¹, Riccardo Marmo¹, Maria Antonia Bianco¹, Livio Cipolletta¹

Affiliation

¹ Drs. Rotondano, Bianco, and Cipolletta are clinicians in the Department of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, Hospital Maresca, Torre del Greco, Italy. Dr. Marmo practices in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hospital Gurto, Polla, Italy.

PMID: 28286457
PMCID: PMC5335682

Abstract

Update of: Bianco MA, Rotondano G, Marmo R, et al. Combined epinephrine and bipolar probe vs. bipolar probe coagulation alone for bleeding peptic ulcer: a randomized, controlled trial. Gastrointest Endosc. 2004;60:910-915.

Keywords: Peptic ulcer bleeding; combined endoscopic therapy; endoscopic hemostasis.