watermelon stomach
Endoscopy - Band Ligation for GAVE
In this case, a decision was made to change from APC to Banding for the following reasons: although one could treat nodular GAVE with APC, after initial therapy, I realized that there may be underlying...
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),...