Effectiveness of prophylactic clipping in preventing postpolypectomy bleeding in oral anticoagulant users: a propensity-score analysis

• Main Authors: Lau, Louis H. S., Guo, Cosmos L. T., Lee, Joyce K. K., Chan, Clive S. T., Mak, Joyce W. Y., Wong, Sunny Hei, Yip, Terry C. F., Wong, Grace L. H., Wong, Vincent W. S., Chan, Francis K. L., Tang, Raymond S. Y.
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Post-Polypectomy; Risk-Factors
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163737
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Evidence of prophylactic clipping is inconsistent except for proximal and large colonic lesions in the general population. Although warfarin and direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are significant risk factors of postpolypectomy bleeding (PPB), dedicated studies to examine the benefit of prophylactic...