[Arrest of gastroduodenal hemorrhage under the control of a fibroscope]

The method of electrocoagulation of gastroduodenal bleeding sources by means of a fibroscope allows a reliable and easy arresting of bleeding even in emaciated and exsanguinated patients, This method seems to be especially valuable in cases, when the source of bleeding is diagnosed only under endoscopy. In such cases a high diagnostic precision is associated with therapeutic manipulations, and in some cases it gives the chance to avoid surgery at the height of bleeding. An electrode used by the author is simple in design and readily available. Visual hemostasis, the formation of a solid crust in the hemorrhagic region and disappearance of clinical manifestations of gastro-duodenal hemorrhage may serve as a criterion of the effective arrest of bleeding.