Ankaferd Blood Stopper in GI bleeding: alternative for everything?

摘要

We read with great interest the article by Tuncer et al1 describing a case of fundal variceal hemorrhage that was managed with endoscopic administration of Ankaferd Blood Stopper (ABS). In the discussion section, they also claimed that ABS had an immediate hemostatic effect on arterial bleeding due to gastric polypectomy or spurting bleeding ulcers in cases not responsive to injection therapy or thermocoagulation. We would like to make some comments about their conclusions.