“Postoperative small bowel or colic anastomotic bleeding (PSCAB) is often a mild complication and is generally treated by a conservative approach. Other therapeutic options are surgery, endoscopic management and angiographic embolization. Our aim is to review our cases of postoperative anastomotic bleeding in patients with small bowel or colic anastomosis, with special attention to their treatment and complications.”

“Most patients with PSCAB have a good response to conservative management. When there is failure of this approach, there are different therapeutic options, including angiographic embolization. In our series, we have seen a high incidence of post embolization anastomotic leak; further trials will be necessary to provide valuable evidence of the risk of this therapeutic option.”

Fernández de Sevilla Gómez, Elena et al. “Postoperative small bowel and colonic anastomotic bleeding. Therapeutic management and complications.” Cirugia espanola vol. 92,7 (2014): 463-7. Emory Users Request through ILLiad