Retrospective Study
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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Jul 16, 2021; 13(7): 221-232
Published online Jul 16, 2021. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v13.i7.221
Endoscopic hemostasis makes the difference: Angiographic treatment in patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding
David John Werner, Till Baar, Ralf Kiesslich, Nicolai Wenzel, Nael Abusalim, Achim Tresch, Johannes Wilhelm Rey
David John Werner, Radiologie Rhein-Nahe, Krankenhaus am St. Marienwörth, Bad Kreuznach 55543, RLP, Germany
David John Werner, Nicolai Wenzel, Nael Abusalim, Department of Radiology, Helios Dr. Horst-Schmidt-Clinic, Germany, Wiesbaden 65199, Hessen, Germany
Till Baar, Achim Tresch, Institute for Medical Statistics and Computational Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Germany, Cologne 50923, NRW, Germany
Ralf Kiesslich, Department of Internal Medicine II, Helios Dr. Horst-Schmidt-Clinic, Wiesbaden, Germany, Wiesbaden 65199, Hessen, Germany
Nael Abusalim, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Medical Center Hanau, Germany, Hanau 63450, Hessen, Germany
Achim Tresch, CECAD, University of Cologne, Germany, Cologne 50923, NRW, Germany
Achim Tresch, Center for Data and Simulation Science, University of Cologne, Germany, Cologne 50923, NRW, Germany
Johannes Wilhelm Rey, Department of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Medical Center Osnabrueck, Germany, Osnabrueck 49076, Niedersachsen, Germany
Author contributions: Rey JW and Werner DJ designed the topic and wrote the paper; Wenzel N collected the data and edited the text; Baar T and Tresch A analyzed the data. Kiesslich R performed endoscopy and Abusalim N performed interventional angiography; Werner DJ and Baar T contributed equally to the work.
Institutional review board statement: The study protocol conformed to the ethical guidelines of the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki, and was approved by the ethics committee of the Regional Medical Society of Hessen (Landesärztekammer Hessen), approval number 2016/2017, on 31 August 2017.
Informed consent statement: Written informed consent was obtained from each patient included in the registry.
Conflict-of-interest statement: We have no financial relationships to disclose.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Corresponding author: Johannes Wilhelm Rey, MD, Chief Doctor, Department of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Medical Center Osnabrueck, Germany, Am Finkenhügel 1, Osnabrueck 49076, Niedersachsen, Germany. johannes.rey@klinikum-os.de
Received: April 5, 2021
Peer-review started: April 5, 2021
First decision: June 7, 2021
Revised: June 17, 2021
Accepted: July 7, 2021
Article in press: July 7, 2021
Published online: July 16, 2021
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Transarterial embolization enables the clinician to control gastrointestinal bleeding with high rates of technical and clinical success. We still do not know when the clinician should conclude endoscopic procedures to control gastrointestinal bleeding. This retrospective study compared patients with conservative treatment and patients who underwent catheter angiography. Patients in the catheter angiography group had a higher shock index, a higher Glasgow-Blatchford score and more rarely achieved hemostasis in primary endoscopy. These patients needed more transfusions, had longer hospital stays and had to undergo subsequent surgery more frequently. Endoscopic hemostasis proved to be the crucial difference between the two patient groups.