Endoscopic Management of Gastrointestinal Leaks and Perforation with Polyglycolic Acid Sheets

• Main Authors: Sojung Han (Author), Hyunsoo Chung (Author), Jun Chul Park (Author), Sung Kwan Shin (Author), Sang Kil Lee (Author), Yong Chan Lee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Gastrointestinal (GI) leakage, fistulae, and perforations can be serious and life threatening. There has been a paradigm shift in the management approach of these conditions, from surgical to conservative, including endoscopic management. Here, we report two cases of endoscopic closure of a GI fistu...