Effectiveness and Safety of PRECISE APC for the Treatment of Bleeding Gastrointestinal Angiodysplasia - A Retrospective Evaluation

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-200

  Eickhoff, A ^a   Enderle, M D ^b   Hartmann, D ^a   Eickhoff, J C ^c   Riemann, J F ^a   Jakobs, R ^a  

^a KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

^b ERBE ELEKTROMEDIZIN GMBH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

angiodysplasia; argon plasma coagulation; gastrointestinal bleeding; PRECISE APC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLEEDING GASTROINTESTINAL ANGIODYSPLASIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; ILEUM; INTESTINE INFECTION; JEJUNUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REBLEEDING; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79751517853     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1245785     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Brand E, Pearlman N. Electrosurgical debulking of ovarian cancer: a new technique using the argo (Pubitemid 20372395)
2. Link W J., Incropera F P., Glover J L. The plasma scalpel. Med Prog Technol 1976 4 123-131 (Pubitemid 8001631)
3. Johanns W, Luis W, Janssen J et al. Argon plasma coagulation (APC) in gastroenterology: experimental and clinical experiences. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1997 9 581-587 (Pubitemid 27267689)
4. Vargo J J. Clinical applications of the argon plasma coagulator. Gastrointest Endosc 2004 59 81-88 (Pubitemid 38095518)
5. Canard J M., Vedrenne B. Clinical application of argon plasma coagulation in gastrointestinal endoscopy: has the time come to replace the laser? Endoscopy 2001 33 353-357 (Pubitemid 32586428)
6. Frank J, Queck J, Koukaki S et al. New argon plasma coagulation modes and first unicentric clinical experiences in gastrointestinal endoscopy. Endoskopie heute 2006 19 15-22
7. Wahab P J., Mulder C J., den Hartog G et al. Argon plasma coagulation in flexible gastrointestinal endoscopy: pilot experiences. Endoscopy 1997 29 176-181 (Pubitemid 27268182)
8. Ginsberg G G., Barkun A N., Bosco J J. et al. The argon plasma coagulator. Gastrointest Endosc 2002 55 807-810
9. Olmos J A., Marcolongo M, Pogorelsky V et al. Long-term outcome of argon plasma coagulation therapy for bleeding in 100 consecutive patients with colonic angiodysplasia. Dis Colon Rectum 2006 49 1507-1516 (Pubitemid 44796119)
10. Saperas E, Videla S, Dot J et al. Risk factors for recurrence of acute gastrointestinal bleeding from angiodysplasia. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2009 21 1333-1339
11. Regula J, Wronska E, Pachlewski J. Vascular lesions of the gastrointestinal tract. Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol 2008 22 313-328 (Pubitemid 351372999)
12. Sumiyama K, Kaise M, Kato M et al. New generation argon plasma coagulation in flexible endoscopy: Ex vivo study and clinical experience. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2006 21 1122-1128
13. Manner H, May A, Faerber M et al. Safety and efficacy of a new high power argon plasma coagulation system (hp-APC) in lesions of the upper gastrointestinal tract. Dig Liver Dis 2006 38 471-478 (Pubitemid 44382359)
14. Manner H, May A, Rabenstein T et al. Prospective evaluation of a new high-power argon plasma coagulation system (hp-APC) in therapeutic gastrointestinal endoscopy. Scand J Gastroenterol 2007 42 397-405
15. Manner H, May A, Faerber M et al. The tissue effect of second generation argon plasma coagulation (VIO APC) in comparison to standard APC and Nd:YAG laser in vitro. Acta Gastroenterol Belg 2007 70 352-356 (Pubitemid 351251960)
16. Eickhoff A, Jakobs R, Schilling D et al. Prospective nonrandomized comparison of two modes of argon beamer (APC) tumor desobstruction: effectiveness of the new PULSED APC versus FORCED APC. Endoscopy 2007 39 637-642 (Pubitemid 47099003)
17. Manner H, Enderle M D., Pech O et al. Second-generation argon plasma coagulation: two-center experience with 600 patients. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2008 23 872-878 (Pubitemid 351806586)
18. Mulder C J., den Hartog G, Robijn R J. et al. Flexible endoscopic treatment of Zenker's diverticulum: a new approach. Endoscopy 1995 27 438-442
19. Sato T, Yamazaki K, Toyota J et al. Efficacy of argon plasma coagulation for gastric antral vascular ectasia associated with chronic liver disease. Hepatol Res 2005 32 121-126 (Pubitemid 40945772)
20. Pedrazzani C, Catalano F, Festini M et al. Endoscopic ablation of Barrett's esophagus using high power setting argon plasma coagulation: a prospective study. World J Gastroenterol 2005 11 1872-1875 (Pubitemid 40520788)
21. Manner H, May A, Miehlke S et al. Ablation of nonneoplastic Barrett's mucosa using argon plasma coagulation with concomitant esomeprazole therapy (APBANEX): a prospective multicenter evaluation. Am J Gastroenterol 2006 101 1762-1769 (Pubitemid 44166583)
22. Norton I D., Wang L, Levine S A. et al. Efficacy of colonic submucosal saline injection for the reduction of iatrogenic thermal injury. Gastrointest Endosc 2002 56 95-99 (Pubitemid 41115056)
23. Suzuki N, Arebi N, Saunders B P. A novel method of treating colonic angiodysplasia. Gastrointest Endosc 2006 64 424-427 (Pubitemid 44233585)
24. Khler G F., Szyrach M N., Hieronymus A et al. Investigation of the thermal tissue effects of the argon plasma coagulation modes pulsed and precise on the porcine esophagus, ex vivo and in vivo. Gastrointest Endosc 2009 70 362-368
25. Olmos J A., Marcolongo M, Pogorelsky V et al. Argon plasma coagulation for prevention of recurrent bleeding from GI angiodysplasias. Gastrointest Endosc 2004 60 881-886 (Pubitemid 39655460)
26. Kwan V, Bourke M J., Williams S J. et al. Argon plasma coagulation in the management of symptomatic gastrointestinal vascular lesions: experience in 100 consecutive patients with long-term follow-up. Am J Gastroenterol 2006 101 58-63 (Pubitemid 43381709)
27. Eickhoff A, Hartmann D, Eickhoff J C. et al. Pain sensation and neuromuscular stimulation during argon plasma coagulation in gastrointestinal endoscopy. Surg Endosc 2008 22 1701-1707