**7. Prognosis**

Prognosis depends on the etiology of the lesion causing mid-GI bleeding. Vascular lesions carry a good prognosis if they can be successfully treated endoscopically, radiologically, or surgically. Most of the time, vascular lesions can be managed endoscopically. Surgical intervention is required if the bleeding cannot be managed endoscopically or by interventional radiology. Surgery is also required for benign and malignant small bowel tumors, ulcerative jejunoileitis due to celiac disease, and refractory bleeding Crohn's ulcers. Sometimes, patients' comorbidities or old age do not allow invasive procedures or surgery. Symptomatic and palliative treatments are offered in those cases. Sometimes, mid-GI bleeding remains obscure. Patients end up getting multiple hospitalizations, multiple diagnostic tests, and multiple blood transfusions.
