A Fibreoptic Endoscopic Study of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern Tanzania: a Retrospective Review of 240 Cases. [PDF]
, 2012 Upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is recognized as a common and potentially life-threatening abdominal emergency that needs a prompt assessment and aggressive emergency treatment.
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Endoscopic ultrasonography - emerging applications in hepatology [PDF]
, 2017 The inspection of the liver is a valuable part of the upper endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) studies, regardless of the primary indication for the examination.
Castro, Francisca Dias de +5 more
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Update of endoscopy in liver disease:More than just treating varices [PDF]
, 2012 The management of complications in liver disease is often complex and challenging. Endoscopy has undergone a period of rapid expansion with numerous novel and specialized endoscopic modalities that are of increasing value in the investigation and ...
Hayes, Peter C. +3 more
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Current Approaches to the Treatment of Gastric Varices: Glue, Coil Application, TIPS, and BRTO
Medicina, 2019 Gastric varices are less common than esophageal varices, and their treatment is quite challenging. Gastric varix bleedings (GVB) occur less frequently than esophageal varix (EV) bleedings and represent 10to 30% of all variceal bleedings.
Vedat Goral, Nevin Yılmaz
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The Causes of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the National Referral Hospital: Evaluation on Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Endoscopic Result in Five Years Period [PDF]
, 2005 Backgrounds: Gastrointestinal bleeding such as hematemesis or melena are common conditions in clinical practice and endoscopic service. The mortality rate due to gastrointestinal bleeding is relatively high.
Abdullah, M. (Murdani) +7 more
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Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, 2017 Approximately one in six patients with portal hypertension who develop varices at sites of portosystemic venous collaterals has gastric varices due to hepatofugal flow into the gastric veins.
Pushpinder S Khera +2 more
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Endoscopic Variceal Ligation for Treatment of Bleeding Varices
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1992 Endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) was developed as an alternative to endoscopic variceal sclerosis (ES) because of the latter's high complication rate.
John S Goff
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Evaluation of Esophageal Varices by Multidetector-row CT: Correlation with Endoscopic ‘Red Color Sign’ [PDF]
, 2007 <P>To evaluate the ability of multidetector-row CT (MDCT) to predict a risk of hemorrhage in patients with esophageal varices, a total of 40 MDCT scans were performed in 29 patients who had been diagnosed with esophageal varices by conventional ...
Akaki, Shiro +5 more
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Study of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Endoscopic findings in Portal Hypertension
Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2013 Introduction: The gut mucosa in portal hypertension is the seat of microcirculatory changes that compromise its integrity and increase its susceptibility to damage.
Lochan Karki +2 more
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Comprehensive treatment of patients with gastric variceal bleeding
Медицина неотложных состояний, 2022 Gastro-oesophageal varices are the major clinical manifestations of cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Bleeding from gastric varices is usually severe and is associated with higher mortality and a higher risk of rebleeding than from esophageal varices ...
S.M. Chooklin, S.S. Chuklin
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