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Angiodysplasia cost-effectiveness of therapy
Introduction
Angiodysplasia: cost-effectiveness of therapy
Angiodysplasia: cost-effectiveness of therapy
Currently, endoscopy is the diagnostic modality of choice, and argon plasma coagulation is the most cost-effective endoscopic therapy for bleeding lesions. Pharmacological therapies are also cost-effective for patients with significant co-morbidities who cannot undergo endoscopic therapy.[1][2]
References
References
- ↑ Olmos JA, Marcolongo M, Pogorelsky V, Herrera L, Tobal F, Dávolos JR (2006). “Long-term outcome of argon plasma ablation therapy for bleeding in 100 consecutive patients with colonic angiodysplasia”. Dis Colon Rectum. 49 (10): 1507–16. doi:10.1007/s10350-006-0684-1. PMID 17024322.
- ↑ Sami SS, Al-Araji SA, Ragunath K (2014). “Review article: gastrointestinal angiodysplasia – pathogenesis, diagnosis and management”. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 39 (1): 15–34. doi:10.1111/apt.12527. PMID 24138285.
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