APC Procedure
Gastric Carcinoma - Argon Plasma Coagulation...
Another image and video clip in which they are observed the power exerted by argon towards the tumor.
Gastric Carcinoma - Argon Plasma Coagulation...
The video clip displays the power of the argon plasma coagulation onto the carcinoma. We used a higher power setting of 120 W per APC session
Gastric Carcinoma - Argon Plasma Coagulation...
The image and the video display the argon plasma coagulation catheter with violet light. Therapy with argon plasma coagulator (APC) Argon Plasma Coagulation, or APC for short, is a new method of electrocoagulation....
Gastric Carcinoma - Argon Plasma Coagulation...
Palliative treatment for gastric carcinoma that has caused dysphagia and partial obstruction at the cardias. The image and the video clip display a retroflexed image that have a infiltrating gastric...
Watermelon Stomach
Watermelon-stomach is a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleeding. There has been an increasing number of reports on the association of this lesion with diseases of the scleroderma group. Gastric antral...
Watermelon Stomach (7 of 7) - Treatment with...
The electrode in the argon channel of the probe is connected to an electrosurgical generator. The APC probe ionizes the argon gas where it remains ionized approximately 2-10mm distal to the tip of...
Watermelon Stomach (6 of 7) - Treatment with...
Argon Plasma Coagulator is a new device that allows for non-contact monopolar coagulation of bleeding surfaces, and devitalization of tissue in the gastrointestinal tract. It is safer and much less...
Watermelon Stomach (5 of 7) - Treatment with...
The therapeutic options are numerous for this condition and needs to be individualized. The simplest form of therapy is iron supplementation and occasional blood transfusions. When these measures fail,...
Watermelon Stomach (4 of 7) - Treatment with...
The argon-plasma-coagulation uses instead of laser energy conduction of electric energy by ionized argon gas (plasma), which produces coagulation necrosis of tissues. The potential advantages of the...
Watermelon Stomach (3 of 7) - Treatment with...
Watermelon stomach is an increasingly recognizable cause of persistent acute or occult gastrointestinal bleeding, especially in elderly women. The chief presentation is severe iron deficiency anemia...
Watermelon Stomach (2 of 7) - Treatment with...
Treatment of watermelon stomach (GAVE syndrome) with endoscopic argon plasma coagulation (APC) The diagnosis is based on the endoscopic findings. The typical lesions have longitudinal rugal folds...
Watermelon Stomach (1 of 7) - Treatment with...
Longitudinal erythymatous stripes that formed lines within the antrum radiating towards the pylorus resembling the stripes of a watermelon and hence the name gastric antral vascular ectasias (GAVE),...
Severe Bleeding after Biopsies (5 of 7) - Hemoclip
After using the two therapies for hemostatic maneuver, a hemoclip was applied succeeding in stopping the bleeding
Severe Bleeding after Biopsies (4 of 7) - Absolute...
Injection of absolute alcohol was used in the area of the vessel but also was no successful.
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