Clipping ‘does not prevent’ delayed bleeding post-polypectomy

Canadian analysis of medical records helps resolve conflicting prior research findings
Reuters Health
Endoscope

Prophylactic endoscopic clipping does not prevent delayed post-polypectomy bleeding and should not be used routinely in most patients, results of a study suggest.

Canadian researchers examined records of more than 8300 colonoscopies involving polypectomy, comprising 3424 with clipping and 4942 without.