Guidelines for MRI in Patients with GI Clips

File: Memo-GI-Clips-9-25-13-final.pdf

The purpose of this memo is to provide an update on the status of pre-MRI safety screening in patients who may have had hemostasis clips placed during endoscopy or colonscopy. The concern is that torqueing of a ferromagnetic hemostasis clip
in a strong magnetic field could lead to bleeding or injury at the site of biopsy/polypectomy.