Ulceration after arterial microcoil embolization - 23/08/11
Doi : 10.1016/j.gie.2007.10.002
Lawrence J. Brandt, MD, Editor, At the Focal Point Section
| Commentary When I read this case, I thought it nicely illustrated how modern-day therapies are sometimes like a double-edged sword, an expression used for anything that can simultaneously help and hinder. Here we have the iatric cessation of recurrent massive bleeding by the injection of microcoils, but at the price of probably ischemic ulceration: the double-edged sword of cessation of blood flow was on one edge therapeutic, but on the other edge, contributed to the ultimate demise of the patient. Gastric ischemia is uncommon, but more likely to occur in a postoperative operated stomach when collateral pathways of circulation have been compromised during the resection. Lawrence J. Brandt, MD Associate Editor for Focal Points |
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