Major bleeding risk of endoscopic sphincterotomy versus endoscopic papillary balloon dilatation in hemodialysis patients

Conclusion: Post-ERCP, post-EST, and post-EPBD major bleeding rates were all higher in HD patients in this study. EPBD resulted in lower postprocedure major bleeding events than EST in the non-HD population, but it failed to provide the reduction in bleeding events needed to perform endoscopic hemostasis in HD patients.

Source: The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology - March 25, 2019 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Ming-Chang Tsai Chi-Chih Wang Yao-Tung Wang Tzu-Wei Yang Hsuan-Yi Chen Ming-Hseng Tseng Chun-Che Lin Source Type: research