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Novel treatment (new drug/intervention; established drug/procedure in new situation)
Treatment of chronic bleeding of the small intestine in Rendu-Osler-Weber disease with argon plasma coagulation under double-balloon enteroscopy
Summary
A 39-year-old man with chronic bleeding from Rendu-Osler-Weber disease in the small intestine was treated with argon plasma coagulation using a custom-made probe under double-balloon enteroscopy. A 10 month follow-up showed no evidence of bleeding.