ArticleIndian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology2017
Radiofrequency ablation for gastric antral vascular ectasia and radiation proctitis.
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- Efficacy and Safety of Endoscopic Treatment for Chronic Hemorrhagic Radiation Enteropathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Advances in therapy · 2026Pooled it
- Role of endoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of gastric mucosal lesions in liver cirrhosis patients.World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2025Review
- Radiofrequency ablation: Solution for a long-time therapeutic dilemma of chronic radiation proctitis?Endoscopy international open · 2025Article
- DDS-SIRC Cooperative Conferences Feel the Burn: RFA for Chronic Radiation Proctitis.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2024Article
- Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia: Resolution of Bleeding and Stabilization of Hematocrit Following Orthotopic Liver Transplantation.Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives · 2024Article
- A Retrospective Single-Arm Cohort Study in a Single Center of Radiofrequency Ablation in Treatment of Chronic Radiation Proctitis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Endoscopic treatment for gastric antral vascular ectasia.Therapeutic advances in chronic disease · 2021Review
- Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Systemic Sclerosis.Rheumatology (Sunnyvale, Calif.) · 2018Article
- Insights into the management of gastric antral vascular ectasia (watermelon stomach).Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2018Review
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Abstract
Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) and chronic radiation proctitis (CRP) are well-known causes of repeated gastrointestinal bleeding and iron deficiency anemia. Argon plasma coagulation (APC) is the most common endoscopic therapy used, but some patients need multiple APC sessions. Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is recently used in GAVE and CRP treatment with promising results. In this case series, we analyzed data for 15 patients with GAVE and 5 patients with CRP that had multiple prior APC treatment. They were treated with RFA HALO 90 catheter (HALO90 Ablation Catheter System; Covidien, GI Solutions, Sunnyvale, CA) in our tertiary referral center. A total of 20 patients received 32 RFA procedures (8 in the CRP group and 24 in the GAVE group). The median number of the procedures was 2 (range 1-4). The hemoglobin levels in the GAVE group were 83 g/L pre-RFA and 98 g/L post-RFA and in the CRP group, 86 g/L pre-RFA and 103 g/L post-RFA. A total of 16/20 patients (80%) were transfusion-free after the completion of RFA treatment. Technical success of the treatment was 95% (19/20 patients). RFA can be safely and successfully used in APC refractory GAVE and CRP patients.
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