Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome surgery

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Vamsikrishna Gunnam M.B.B.S [2]

Overview

Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome (BRBNS). Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either repeated or severe bleeding or cosmetic purposes

Indications

Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome (BRBNS). Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either:^[1]

Repeated or severe bleeding
Cosmetic purposes

References

↑ Fishman SJ, Smithers CJ, Folkman J, Lund DP, Burrows PE, Mulliken JB, Fox VL (March 2005). “Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome: surgical eradication of gastrointestinal bleeding”. Ann. Surg. 241 (3): 523–8. PMC 1356993. PMID 15729077.

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[pmid15729077-1] Fishman SJ, Smithers CJ, Folkman J, Lund DP, Burrows PE, Mulliken JB, Fox VL (March 2005). “Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome: surgical eradication of gastrointestinal bleeding”. Ann. Surg. 241 (3): 523–8. PMC 1356993. PMID 15729077.

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Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome surgery

Overview

Indications

References

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