The efficacy of endoscopic therapy in bleeding peptic ulcer patients.

Background: Endotherapy is the primary modality for the control of bleeding from peptic ulceration.

Objective: To assess the efficacy of endoscopic intervention for high-risk bleeding peptic ulcer disease and to benchmark our surgical and mortality rates.

Methods: Two hundred and twenty-seven patients with peptic ulcers stratified by Rockall and Forrest scores as at high risk for re-bleeding underwent therapeutic intervention (adrenalin injection) between January 2004 and December 2009.