What is your preferred approach in treating recurrent bleeding from GAVE?

What role does TIPS play when other approaches have been exhausted?

Answer from: at Community Practice

If repeated APC has not helped, I ask our advanced endoscopists to perform RFA. If it is a nodular GAVE, then banding is another option.

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What's the evidence or opinion about APC or RFA wi...

Answer from: at Community Practice

I have had 3 patients over last 3 years that failed APC. In each case, RFA was well tolerated and was definite therapy.