Efficacy of endoscopic closure of acute perforations of the gastrointestinal tract.

  • Rogier P Voermans
  • Le Moine Olivier
  • Daniel von Renteln
  • Thierry Ponchon
  • Marc Giovannini
  • Marco Bruno
  • Bas Weusten
  • Stefan Seewald
  • Guido Costamagna
  • Pierre Deprez
  • Paul Fockens
  • CLIPPER Study Group

Abstract

Acute perforations of the gastrointestinal tract are rare, severe complications of endoscopy that usually require surgical repair. Endoscopic repair of perforations would reduce the need for surgeries; we evaluated the efficacy and safety of endoscopic closure of acute perforations of the gastrointestinal tract by using a new clip device.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number6
ISSN1542-3565
Publication statusPublished - 2012
pubmed 22361277