Cinematic nuclear scintigraphy reliably directs surgical intervention for patients with gastrointestinal bleeding.
Open Access
- 1 September 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Surgery
- Vol. 135 (9) , 1076-1081
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.135.9.1076
Abstract
GASTROINTESTINAL bleeding remains a frequently encountered clinical entity, the incidence of which has remained relatively constant at approximately 70 episodes per 100,000 population per year.1 Although the treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding is often straightforward, the identification and localization of the source of bleeding is more challenging.Keywords
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