Anticoagulation and antiplatelet management in gastrointestinal endoscopy: A review of current evidence

Table 25 Diagnostic endoscopy and colonoscopy with biopsy

Ref.	Year	Country	Study design	n	Procedure	Medication	Relative risk
Whitson et al[103]	2011	United States	Prospective	350	Endoscopic biopsy	Thienopyridine (continued)	No incidence of PPB
Ono et al[104]	2012	Japan	Prospective	101	Endoscopic biopsy	Thienopyridine (continued)	No incidence of PPB
Ara et al[6]	2015	Japan	Prospective	3758	Endoscopic biopsy	Thienopyridine either: (1) Continued; (2) Ceased 5-7 d before	No incidence of PPB in either group
Fujita et al[5]	2015	Japan	Retrospective	28	Endoscopic biopsy	Thienopyridine (continued)	No incidence of PPB
Yuki et al[7]	2017	Japan	Prospective	560	Endoscopic biopsy	Thienopyridine (continued)	No incidence of PPB
Kono et al[105]	2017	Japan	Prospective	221	Endoscopic biopsy	Thienopyridine (continued)	No incidence of PPB

PPB: Post-procedural bleeding.