Endoscopic ultrasound-guided therapy safe for severe gastrointestinal bleeding patients

A new Mayo Clinic study found that endoscopic ultrasound-guided therapy appears to be a safe and effective treatment for patients with severe gastrointestinal bleeding for whom conventional therapies have failed.

The study was published in this month's issue of American Journal of Gastroenterology.

Gastrointestinal bleeding can be caused by a variety of conditions, most commonly peptic ulcer disease, esophagogastric varices, arteriovenous malformations, Mallory-Weiss tears, tumors, erosions, and Dieulafoy's lesion. Rare lesions such as pseudoaneurysms that often result from pancreatic disease can also lead to life-threatening bleeding. Standard endoscopic therapies, radiologically-guided inte

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