Current Interventional Management of Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

YANG Li

Abstract

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB), a common medical emergency, causes significant morbidity and mortality. Endoscopic evaluation and treatment remain the standard care in patients who can be hemodynamically stabilized. However, severe bleeding despite conservative medication treatment or medication combined with endoscopic intervention occurs in 5%-10% of patients, requiring interventional or surgical treatment. Endovascular embolization has emerged as an alternative to emergency operative intervention for high-risk patients with non-variceal UGIB and is now commonly considered the first-line therapy for refractory bleeding after endoscopic treatment. Child-Pugh class C or class B cirrhosis patients who have varicosity or active bleeding detected in endoscopy are at high risks for treatment failure, rebleeding, and death. A preemptive transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt has been shown to reduce treatment failure and mortality significantly. Herein, we reviewed the current role of interventional treatment in the management of massive UGIB on the basis of years of clinical experience of the Department of Gastroenterology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University.

 

Keywords: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding, Portal hypertension, Interventional treatment

 

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