Endoscopic injection hemostasis and sequential application of sandostatin in treatment of Dieulafoy's lesion / 中华消化杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of endoscopic injection hemostasis and sequential application of sandostatin in treatment of Dieulafoy's lesion. Methods After diagnosis of Dieulafoy's lesion confirmed, endoscopic injection hemostasis(EIH) together with mixture hypertonic saline and epinephrine(HSE) was performed, and then sandostatin was given consecutively for 7 days. The control group included the patients who were not given sandostatin or given just for 1 to 2 days. Results The rates of recurrent bleeding and transfer into surgery in sandostatin group were significantly lower than those in control group,(12.5% and 6.3% versus 53.8% and 46.2% respectively, P