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A 65-year-old male patient with chronic cirrhosis due to primary sclerosing cholangitis underwent a subtotal colectomy and end ileostomy for refractory ulcerative colitis (UC) 2 years ago. He presents to the emergency department for uncontrolled bleeding from his ileostomy at the mucocutaneous junction. What is the best definitive treatment for this bleeding?

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