Tomo Kagawa, Shigenao Ishikawa, Yu Hidaka, Hugh Shunsuke Colvin, Akira Nakanishi, Jumpei Ohkawa, Shin Negishi, Eriko Yasutomi, Kenji Yamauchi, Kunio Okamoto, Ichiro Sakakihara, Koichi Izumikawa, Kumiko Yamamoto, Sakuma Takahashi, Shigetomi Tanaka, Mihoko Matsuura, Masaki Wato, Toshimi Hasui, Tomoki Inaba
OBJECTIVES: Bleeding after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for gastric tumors in patients taking antithrombotic drugs, in particular direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), remains unresolved; therefore, we evaluated the risk factors for post-ESD bleeding and drug differences in patients taking DOACs. METHODS: We included 278 patients taking antithrombotic drugs who underwent gastric ESD between January 2017 and March 2022. Antithrombotic drugs were withdrawn following the 2017 guidelines (Appendix on anticoagulants including DOACs)...
May 2, 2024: Digestive Endoscopy: Official Journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society