High-dose barium impaction therapy is useful for the initial hemostasis and for preventing the recurrence of colonic diverticular bleeding unresponsive to endoscopic clipping.

Niikura R, Nagata N, Yamano K, Shimbo T, Uemura N. Case Rep Gastrointest Med. 2013;2013:365954. doi: 10.1155/2013/365954. Epub 2013 May 9.

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan.