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However, the outcomes of endoscopic treatments remain suboptimal. This study utilized an innovative therapeutic method to manage colonic diverticular bleeding and evaluated its feasibility and safety in clinical settings.<\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>\n            <jats:sec>\n               <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n               <jats:p>Between July 2018 and July 2023, 35 patients with colonic divercular bleeding were treated through argon plasma coagulation combined with endoclips (APC-EC) at the Air Force Medical Center. The technical success rate, rebleeding rate, and complications associated with the therapeutic method over a 5-year period were retrospectively analyzed.<\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>\n            <jats:sec>\n               <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n               <jats:p>The technical success rate of the method was 100%, the early rebleeding rate of APC-EC was 8.57%. The incidence of late rebleeding at 1-year follow-up was 5.71%, it was 0% at the 2- and 3-year follow-up periods. Intraoperative perforation was observed only in two patients treated with APC-EC; however, delayed perforation was not observed in any patient, and none of them required surgical treatment.<\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>\n            <jats:sec>\n               <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n               <jats:p>APC-EC might be a viable, safe, and effective method for treating colonic divercular bleeding.<\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.7717\/peerj.19910","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,29]],"date-time":"2025-08-29T08:26:01Z","timestamp":1756455961000},"page":"e19910","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Innovative utilization of argon plasma coagulation combined with endoclips for managing gastrointestinal bleeding attributed to colonic diverticular bleeding: a retrospective study"],"prefix":"10.7717","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Zihan","family":"Huang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department 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