Successful direct clipping of the bleeding source of a colonic diverticular hemorrhage using the "long-hood gel-filling" method.

We then identified the bleeding diverticulum, but were unable to identify the bleeding vessels within the diverticulum because of the severe active bleeding (Fig. Although various endoscopic hemostasis techniques for colonic diverticular bleeding have recently been reported [1], identifying the bleeding diverticulum among other diverticula is difficult [2], and identifying the bleeding vessels within the diverticulum is even more difficult. [Extracted from the article]