THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NONINVASIVE SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH COLON BLEEDING

The authors observed 37 patients with intestinal bleeding from tumors of the large intestine of varying severity.The effectiveness of endoscopic hemostasis by laser photocoagulation of vessels and the value of this technique in the prevention of recurrent bleedingis evaluated.In 12 patients the bleeding was stopped with application of hemostatic therapy. In 25 patients arrest of intestinal bleeding through colonoscopy with laser photocoagu- lation of vessels of the tumor with high-energy argon plasma installation and neo- dymium laser with a wavelength of 1.06 micronswas attempted.Non-contact laser argon coagulation of bleeding vessels of the tumor was succes- sfully applied in 14 cases.This treatment strategy is perspectivebecause it allows performing one-stage surgery with minimal risk to the patient