Post written by Eula Plana Tetangco, MPH, MD, from the Digestive Health Center, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA. Our video demonstrates successful hemostasis of bleeding gastric fundus varices in a 71-year-old male. This was achieved with hemostatic powder TC-325 (Hemospray) using a novel technique that employs continuous flow of carbon dioxide through the catheter before …
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GIE Senior Associate Editor, Dr. John R. Saltzman, MD, FASGE, highlights this article from the February issue “TTC-325 hemostatic powder versus current standard of care in managing malignant GI bleeding” by Yen-I Chen, MD, et al. Gastrointestinal bleeding from a malignancy is a difficult management challenge as no current endoscopic therapy has been proven effective. …
Post written by Lawrence Hookey, MD, from the Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. This study is the largest to prospectively evaluate the hemostatic powder TC-325 in lower GI bleeding. We included 50 patients with bleeding from different sources, and performed extensive efficacy and safety follow-up. TC-325 is a newer product (having just received regulatory …
Post written by Andrew C. Storm, MD, from the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. Our video is meant to be used as a teaching tool, demonstrating the step-by-step use of hemostatic powder for GI hemorrhage. More specifically, malignancy-associated bleeding, as shown in this case, is difficult to manage endoscopically, and …
Post written by Rapat Pittayanon, MD, MSc, and Alan Barkun, MD, MSc, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital of the Thai Red Cross, Bangkok, Thailand, and the Division of Gastroenterology, McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada. This study was focusing on prognostic …
Mostafa Ibrahim, MD form the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatopancreatology, and Digestive Oncology at Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, in Brussels, Belgium presents this video case "Active bleeding caused by portal hypertensive gastropathy." Portal hypertensive gastropathy is a serious adverse event of portal hypertension. It is difficult to treat due to the diffuse nature of …
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Mostafa Ibrahim, MD, from the Theodor Bilharz Research Institute in Cairo, Egypt, discusses his New Methods article titled "Endoscopic treatment of acute variceal hemorrhage by using hemostatic powder TC-325: a prospective pilot study" from the November issue. Emergency endoscopic treatment for acute variceal bleeding (AVB) sometimes cannot be offered in every center because of the …
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Antonino Granata, MD, from the Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and High Specialization Therapies- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Palermo, Italy, discusses his recently published video from the VideoGIE section of the September issue. In this video titled "Hemostatic powder as rescue therapy in a patient with H1N1 influenza with uncontrolled colon bleeding," a 51-year-old …
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