Effect of Programmed Endoscopic Follow-up Examinations on the Rebleeding Rate of Gastric or Duodenal Peptic Ulcers Treated by Injection Therapy: A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial

Abstract

Programmed endoscopic follow-up examinations with eventual retreatment in patients locally injected for an acute or recent hemorrhage from a gastric or duodenal ulcer did not influence their outcome when compared to patients receiving only a second endoscopic intervention upon evidence for recurrent hemorrhage. Scheduled control endoscopies cannot be recommended after an initial successful endoscopic treatment of peptic ulcer bleeding when selection of the patients for second-look endoscopy is directed by the Forrest criteria.