Electro-Hydro-Thermo- and Bipolar Probes

P. Frühmorgen; W. Matek

doi:10.1055/s-2007-1018432

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 1986; 18: 62-64
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1018432

Electro-Hydro-Thermo- and Bipolar Probes

P. Frühmorgen, W. Matek

Medical Department (Head: Prof. Dr. P. Frühmorgen), Krankenanstalten Ludwigsburg and Medical Department (Director: Prof. Dr. L. Demling), University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, W. Germany

Abstract

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Summary

Developing and comparing different types of modified electrocoagulation systems the monopolar electro-hydro-thermo-probe (EHT) and the bipolar probe (BICAP) proved the most effective electrocoagulation methods of controlling gastrointestinal bleeding.

Application of our EHT-probe in 64 patients with acute GI-bleeding (27 Forrest la, 37 Forrest Ib) led to successful haemostasis in 59 (92 %) patients and a recurrent bleeding rate of 6 (10 %) cases, with no complications being seen.

In primary haemostasis, with safety and efficiency comparable with that of BICAP coagulation, the re-bleeding rate is - owing to the deeper coagulation - less using the EHT-probe.

Key words:

Different types of electrocoagulators - Gastrointestinal bleeding - Electro-Hydro-Thermo-Probe - Monopolar and bipolar Probe

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