Journal Title
Title of Journal: Indian J Gastroenterol
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Abbravation: Indian Journal of Gastroenterology
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Publisher
Springer-Verlag
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Authors: Ersan Ozaslan Tugrul Purnak Ayla Yildiz Ibrahim C Haznedaroglu
Publish Date: 2010/09/03
Volume: 29, Issue: 4, Pages: 166-168
Abstract
Ankaferd blood stopper ABS is a hemostatic agent that induces clot formation by a special protein network which mainly causes powerful erythrocyte aggregation The use of topical ABS as a hemostatic agent has been approved in Turkey for the management of dermal external postsurgical and postdental surgery bleeding ABS has been successfully used in Dieulafoy lesion and bleeding from gastrointestinal neoplasms We present a patient with alcoholic cirrhosis who developed severe bleeding during an elective endoscopic variceal ligation EVL session due to immediate band slippage in whom endoscopic topical application of ABS was associated with cessation of bleeding The major advantages of ABS appear to be ease of use and lack of side effect
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