Current Nonoperative Therapeutic Interventions for Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1695033Lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage remains a common cause of hospitalization, with significant health care costs. Initial management should include aggressive resuscitation followed by localization of bleeding with nuclear scintigraphy, colonoscopy, or computed tomography (CT) angiography. If bleeding does not resolve spontaneously, expeditious intervention with minimally invasive endoscopic or angiographic methods is necessary with surgical intervention as a last resort. [...] Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.Article in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  Full text
Source: Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Review Article Source Type: research