Gastroent Hepat Barc
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April 2003
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Gastroent Hepat Barc · Apr 2003
Review Comparative Study[Factors associated with failure of endoscopic therapy in gastric ulcer bleeding].
Endoscopic therapy is an effective technique in the control of bleeding due to peptic ulcer. However, bleeding persists or recurs in as many as 10-30% of patients. Gastric and duodenal ulcers present different clinical and endoscopic features and consequently the efficacy of endoscopic therapy and the factors associated with its failure should be studied separately. ⋯ These variables could contribute to the early identification of a subgroup of patients, which would enable us to increase medical-surgical surveillance and offer them other therapeutic alternatives.