Post written by Kayla M. Hartz, DO, from the Department of Internal Medicine, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania. These are 2 cases in which hemostatic spray was used as a bail-out method for hemostasis when other standard methods failed. These cases show the value in using a hemostatic spray as …
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The use of hemostatic spray as an adjunct to conventional hemostatic measures
Post written by Rohit Sinha, MBBS, MRCP, PgDip, from the Royal Infirmary and The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. We wanted to evaluate the efficacy of Hemospray in conjunction with established hemostatic endo-therapy in a high-risk nonvariceal upper GI bleeding setting. There was no evidence about the efficacy and outcome of combination therapy (Hemospray …
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Editor’s Choice: The use of hemostatic spray as an adjunct to conventional hemostatic measures
Editor-in-Chief Mike Wallace, MD, MPH, highlights this article from the December issue “The use of hemostatic spray as an adjunct to conventional hemostatic measures in high-risk nonvariceal upper GI bleeding (with video)” by Ryota Niikura, MD, PhD, Hideo Yasunaga, MD, PhD, Atsuo Yamada, MD, PhD, Hiroki Matsui, PhD, Kiyohide Fushimi, MD, PhD, Yoshihiro Hirata, MD, …
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