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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 21, 2013; 19(27): 4271-4276
Published online Jul 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i27.4271
Published online Jul 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i27.4271
Endoscopic band ligation: Beyond prevention and management of gastroesophageal varices
Jeong-Seon Ji, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Incheon 403-720, South Korea
Young-Seok Cho, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Uijeongbu St. Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Uijeongbu 480-717, South Korea
Author contributions: Ji JS collected the materials and wrote the manuscript; Cho YS wrote the manuscript and supervised the publication of this commentary.
Correspondence to: Young-Seok Cho, MD, PhD, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, 65-1 Geumo-dong, Uijeongbu 480-717, South Korea. yscho@catholic.ac.kr
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Received: January 18, 2013
Revised: March 19, 2013
Accepted: April 28, 2013
Published online: July 21, 2013
Processing time: 183 Days and 1.9 Hours
Revised: March 19, 2013
Accepted: April 28, 2013
Published online: July 21, 2013
Processing time: 183 Days and 1.9 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Recently, Endoscopic band ligation (EBL) has been widely used in the treatment of nonvariceal bleeding from angiodysplasia, Dieulafoy’s lesion, Mallory-Weiss tears, polypectomy bleeding and colonic diverticular bleeding. In this commentary, we describe EBL may be useful for the endoscopic closure in iatrogenic gastrointestinal perforation in which endoclip closure failed. In addition, the advantages and disadvantages of EBL for the treatment of nonvariceal bleeding are discussed.