Can we now recommend OTSC as first-line therapy in case of non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding?

Shannon Melissa Chan; James YW Lau

doi:10.1055/s-0043-111722

Endoscopy International Open, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Endosc Int Open 2017; 05(09): E883-E885
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-111722

Editorial

Can we now recommend OTSC as first-line therapy in case of non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding?

Authors

Shannon Melissa Chan

¹Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
James YW Lau

¹Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China

²Institute of Digestive Disease, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

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