• 1.Center of General Surgery, Chengdu General Hospital of Chengdu Military Area Command, Chengdu 610083, Sichuan Province, China;;
  • 2.Department of Gastroenterology, People’s Hospital of Maanshan City, Maanshan 243000, Anhui Province, China;
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ObjectiveTo evaluate the efficiency of the spot-welding electrocoagulation with needle-knife to prevent bleeding after endoscopic sphincterotomy (EST). MethodsThe clinical data of 187 patients underwent EST from August 2009 to October 2009 were retrospectively analyzed, study group (n=102) were treated with spotwelding electrocoagulation with needleknife and 110 000 noradrenaline washing, control group (n=85) were treated with 110 000 noradrenaline washing alone. The bleeding and complications after EST were observed. ResultsThe differences of gender, age, primary diseases, cormorbidities, nutritional status, and immune function were not significant between two groups (P gt;0.05). The bleeding after EST happened 4 cases (4.70%) in the control group and none in the study group. The bleeding rate of the study group was significantly lower than that of the control group (P lt;0.05). The bleeding cases in the control group were controlled successfully by spotwelding electrocoagulation with needleknife under endoscopy. Cholangitis occurred in 5 cases altogether, 1 case in each group deteriorated promptly and died of multiple organ failure syndrome, another 3 cases, 2 in the study group, 1 in the control group, were cured by PTCD and antibiotics. Biliary tract hemorrhage occurred one case in each group, which one died in the study group. Pancreatitis occurred 1 case in the study group and 2 cases in the control group, all of which were salvaged by conservative therapy. The incidences of complications were not significantly different between two groups (P gt;0.05). ConclusionsThe spotwelding electrocoagulation with needleknife can significantly reduce the bleeding rate after EST. It is an effective, safe, and easy technique, especially to rural areas.

Citation: SHEN Yingzhou ,ZHANG Bingyin,PANG Yong,TANG Lijun,ZHANG Lin. Clinical Observation on Spot-Welding Electrocoagulation with Needle-Knife to Prevent Bleeding after Endoscopic Sphincterotomy: Report of 102 Cases. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2011, 18(10): 1074-1076. doi: Copy