Of the available mechanical therapies, which is preferred?
One prospective, randomized trial reported equivalent hemostatic efficacy and clinical outcome of hemostatic clipping and EBL. Another study showed EBL can be used as an initial hemostatic method for bleeding Dieulafoy’s lesions because of a favorable clinical outcome comparable with that of hemostatic clipping, as well as a shorter procedure time.
(A) There is an extravasation of contrast from a branch of the left gastric artery. (C) Extravasation of contrast was no longer seen on angiography.