2000 Volume 56 Issue 2 Pages 44-45
Hemorrhage and perforation are the most common complications associated with polypectomy of the colon. Various methods has been developed to prevent hemorrhage after polypectomy. Detachable snare is a device for preligation developed by Hachisu et al. in 1989. This procedure, however, cannot locate a snare on a pedicle of polyp properly. We contrive the procedure to ligate polyp using a stay clip to hang the detachable snare easily and accurately, and modified the ligator of detachable snare to synchronize the permanent ligating with the releasing of the temporary ligation. We applied the procedure to 20 pedunculated polyps in 17 cases. No bleeding was found after polypectomy in every case. The modified procedure is very useful and safety method for preventing hemorrhages after polypectomy for a pedunculated polyp.
