Zubir S Rentiya, Lokeshwar Raaju Addi Palle, Sanni Emmanuel, Heeya Shah, Abiodun Adegbite, Carlo Kristian Chu Carredo, Ronald Mauricio Blanco Montecino, Ummul Z Asfeen, Akbar Hussain, Ogbonnaya Akuma, Aadil Mahmood Khan, Anasonye Emmanuel Kelechi
Diverticular bleeding is the most common cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding and accounts for 20.8%-41.6% of cases in the Western world. Management involves initial resuscitation followed by diagnostic assessment. Colonoscopy is the investigation of choice as it localizes the bleed and has the potential to effectively deliver therapeutic interventions. Other diagnostic modalities include flexible sigmoidoscopy, a tagged red blood cell scan, or angiography. In cases where the bleeding source cannot be identified, intraoperative enteroscopy has emerged as a valuable tool for investigating obscure gastroenterology bleeds in specific patients...
March 2024: Clinical Case Reports