Published in:
01-01-2022 | Gastrointestinal Bleeding | Case Report
Retained Endoscope: An Unexpected but Serious Complication of Hemospray®
Authors:
Raymond Shi Liang Yii, Kee Huat Chuah, Keat Seong Poh, Peng Choong Lau, Khoon Leong Ng, Shiaw Hooi Ho, Sanjiv Mahadeva
Published in:
Digestive Diseases and Sciences
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Issue 1/2022
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Excerpt
Hemospray
® (Cook Medical, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA) is a non-contact, endoscopic hemostatic device utilizing inert
Bentonite powder that is delivered through a carbon dioxide powered delivery system [
1]. Since its inception, Hemospray® has been widely utilized as an effective endoscopic hemostatic technique in the management of acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage from various etiologies. Adverse events related to the usage of Hemospray
® have been reported but rare [
1]. We report a case with an unexpected complication of Hemospray
®—a retained endoscope within the upper gastrointestinal (UGI) tract of an adult patient post-application of Hemospray
® on a bleeding gastric tumor. …