Initial treatment with over-the-scope clips (OTSCs) appears superior to standard endoscopic treatment in reducing the risk for further bleeding from nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal causes that are responsive to OTSC placement, results of a study have shown.
“Current endoscopic methods in the control of acute nonvariceal bleeding have a small but clinically significant failure rate,” according to the researchers, adding that the role of OTSCs as the first treatment has not been defined.