Use of BICAP in a case of colon angiodysplasia

Surg Endosc. 1991;5(2):99-100. doi: 10.1007/BF00316848.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angiodysplasia / complications
  • Angiodysplasia / therapy*
  • Colonic Diseases / complications
  • Colonic Diseases / therapy*
  • Electrocoagulation / methods*
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Humans