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The intraoperative localization of the obscure bleeding site using fluorescein
S K Ohri1, J Jackson, L A Desa
1Department of Surgery, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, England.
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
|June 1, 1992
Abstract:
Despite visceral angiography and radiolabeled gastrointestinal scintigraphy, the localization of gastrointestinal bleeding can still be a challenge. Even preoperative localization with visceral angiography is no guarantee of successful intraoperative localization or subsequent pathological confirmation. We report a case of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding of small bowel origin, which was localized intraoperatively by fluorescein injected via a superselectively placed catheter.