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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Sep 25, 2015; 7(13): 1088-1095
Published online Sep 25, 2015. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v7.i13.1088
Published online Sep 25, 2015. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v7.i13.1088
Upper non-variceal gastrointestinal bleeding - review the effectiveness of endoscopic hemostasis methods
Mirosław Szura, Artur Pasternak, First Department, General, Oncological and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-501 Krakow, Poland
Artur Pasternak, Poland and Department of Anatomy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-034 Krakow, Poland
Author contributions: Szura M and Pasternak A contributed equally to this work; Szura M and Pasternak A were responsible for the literature review; Pasternak A wrote the initial draft; and Szura M prepared the final version of the paper.
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Correspondence to: Mirosław Szura, MD, PhD, First Department, General, Oncological and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 40 Kopernika St., 31-501 Krakow, Poland. msszura@gmail.com
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Received: April 24, 2015
Peer-review started: April 24, 2015
First decision: June 2, 2015
Revised: June 17, 2015
Accepted: August 30, 2015
Article in press: September 7, 2015
Published online: September 25, 2015
Processing time: 153 Days and 17.7 Hours
Peer-review started: April 24, 2015
First decision: June 2, 2015
Revised: June 17, 2015
Accepted: August 30, 2015
Article in press: September 7, 2015
Published online: September 25, 2015
Processing time: 153 Days and 17.7 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Review and comparison the efficacy of the most commonly used types of endoscopic hemostasis for the control of non-variceal gastrointestinal bleeding in clinical practice by pooling data from the literature.