Use of BICAP in a case of colon angiodysplasia

✍ Scribed by C. Cottone; G. Disclafani; G. Genova; G. Modica; S. Pardo; G. Romeo; M. Sorce; M. Zanghi; P. Bazan

• Book ID: 104720044
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 196 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0930-2794
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00316848

✦ Synopsis

This paper reports on a case of colonic bleeding from an angiodysplastic lesion of the ascending colon in a 71-year-old diabetic woman, resulting in severe anemia in the patient, who was treated using the BICAP electrocoagulation system. The present report includes a description of this technique, which involves the use of a 7-F hemostatic probe connected to a 25-W BICAP source.