METHOD FOR ARRESTING BLEEDING FROM GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT AND ELECTRODE FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD

摘要

The invention relates to medicine, more specifically to gastroenterology and can be used for arresting bleeding of different aetiology from a gastrointestinal tract. In order to reduce the danger of perforation of an intestinal wall during an endoscopic homeostasis and the costs of surgical endoscopic manipulations, the inventive method for arresting bleeding from gastrointestinal tract consists in irradiating at a frequency of 3.8-4 MHz and a power of 4.5-6.5 W in an affected mucous region with the aid of an electrode. Said electrode is passed through an endoscope and connected by wire to a source of radiowaves (for example to a radiosurgical device "Cyrguitron"). The surface of the affected mucous region is treated in checkerboard order by effecting each point during one second. The inventive electrode can be provided with removable conical and ball-shaped heads.