Post written by Saurabh Chandan, MD, from Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, USA. The main focus of our study was to assess the outcomes of ERCP with sphincterotomy among patients on anticoagulant (AC) and antiplatelet (APT) agents. We performed a retrospective analysis using the TriNetX database, which is a global, federated research network providing …
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Effectiveness of prophylactic clipping in preventing postpolypectomy bleeding in oral anticoagulant users: a propensity-score analysis
Post written by Louis H.S. Lau, MBChB, and Raymond S.Y. Tang, MD, from the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics and the Institute of Digestive Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The focus of this study was to examine the benefit of prophylactic clipping after colonoscopic polypectomy in high-risk patients using oral anticoagulants. Postpolypectomy …
Antithrombotic agents for patients undergoing GI endoscopy
Ruben D. Acosta, MD, from the Fort Belvoir Community Hospital in Fort Belvoir, Virgina, USA, discusses this update to an ASGE document, “The management of antithrombotic agents for patients undergoing GI endoscopy.” The focus of this guideline is the safe and effective use of antithrombotic medications, to include antiplatelets and anticoagulants, in the periendoscopic period. …
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