Epinephrine injection plus hemoclip placement provide better outcomes as compared to epinephrine injection alone in patients with high-risk bleeding gastric ulcer

Introduction: The frequency of gastric ulcer bleeding and the related morbidity and mortality have shown a stable figure for many years despite the use of various methods of endoscopic hemostasis. In high-risk bleeding ulcers local epinephrine injection and/or hemoclip placement to the exposed vessel are established methods for control bleeding and for prevent rebleeding. The aim of the present retrospective study is to compare the efficacy of epinephrine injection (Epi) alone and epinephrine injection +hemoclip placement (Epi+H) in the treatment of high-risk bleeding gastric ulcers. Patients and methods: During…