Affiliation:
1. Department of Surgery, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
Abstract
AbstractThe advent and success of therapeutic endoscopy has expanded the utilization of endoscopy as an effective alternative to surgical intervention in some cases with decreased morbidity, improved outcomes, and shortened length of hospital stay. Gastrointestinal bleeding, perforations, leaks, fistulas, and strictures have become increasingly managed by endoscopy with the evolution and development of endoscopic tools for effective closure of full-thickness gastrointestinal defects, dilation, and hemostasis. This article reviews the characteristics and role of endoscopic clips, stents, dilation balloons, endoscopic knives, and suturing devices.
Subject
Gastroenterology,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,Surgery