Lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB ... Colonoscopy is the diagnostic and therapeutic procedure of choice, for acute and chronic bleeding. Angiography is used if colonoscopy fails or cannot ...

and needing GI procedures (upper GI barium studies, upper or lower GI endoscopies) over 12 months. Conclusions: OA patients treated with rofecoxib for up to 12 months required significantly less ...