The prophylactic placement of hemoclips to prevent delayed post-polypectomy bleeding: An unnecessary practice? A case control study

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 823-828

  Feagins, Linda A ^a,b   Nguyen, Anh D ^b   Iqbal, Ramiz ^a   Spechler, Stuart J ^a,b  

^a VA North Texas Health Care System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Delayed bleeding; Polypectomy; Prophylactic clipping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CLIP; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED POSTPOLYPECTOMY BLEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYPECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS, ENDOSCOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84897386324     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-014-3055-0     Document Type: Article

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