Table 1.
Patient characteristics and frequency distribution of the treatment indications. In several patients suffering from upper GI bleeding, more than one endoscopy involving hemostatic measures and the application of Hemospray was necessary. Hence, we recorded more examinations involving interventional measures than patients. Merely second look endoscopies without further necessary interventions have not been calculated here.
| Male/female | 19/8 | |
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| Age | Median 72 years, range 40–88 years |
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| Patients | Examinations | |
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| Upper GI bleeding | 25 | 33 |
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| Lower GI bleeding | 2 | 2 |
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| Ulcers | 13 | 18 |
| Tumor | 2 | 4 |
| Postinterventional | 3 | 4 |
| Diffuse bleeding | 6 | 6 |
| Reflux esophagitis | 2 | 2 |
| Others | 1 | 1 |
| Total examinations | 27 | 35 |