1983 Volume 25 Issue 8 Pages 1206-1210_1
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage is a serious and sometimes fatal complication of renal transplantation. When hemorrhage develops, immediate diagnosis and treatment are necessary. In this paper, thirteen transplanted patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding were investigated. Thireen cases consisted of nine duodenal ulcer, one gastric ulcer andthree unknown cases. Several techniques for the endoscopic control of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage following renal transplantation were perfomed in three patients . These included endoscopic spraying of thrombin, electrocoagulation and local injection of HSE solution. Hemostasis was readily obtainded in all canes . Our studies have demonstrated that urgent endoscopy was necessary and endoscopic hemostatic method was effective to manage the upper gastrointestinal bleeding following renal transplantation.
