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Endoscopic Obturation of Esophageal and Gastric Varices with a Cyanoacrylic Tissue Adhesive [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1990 An original method of obturation of esophageal and gastric varices with a cyanoacrylic glue has been used for nine years. This method allows treatment of gastric and very large esophageal varices, which is difficult with common endoscopic sclerotherapy ...
Jean-Pierre Gotlib
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Endoscopy International Open, 2017 Background and study aims Screening for esophageal and gastric varices is indicated for patients with portal hypertension or cirrhosis. Typically, conventional endoscopy is used; however, the need for sedation increases the costs and risks, especially in
Anderson Antônio de Faria +5 more
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Pre-emptive TIPS for the treatment of bleeding from gastric fundal varices: Results of a randomised controlled trial [PDF]
JHEP Reports, 2023 Background & Aims: Bleeding from gastric fundal varices (isolated gastric varices type 1/gastroesophageal varices type 2) represents a major problem because of a high incidence of rebleeding and death with standard-of-care therapy (endoscopic ...
Angels Escorsell +6 more
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Role of serotonin in development of esophageal and gastric fundal varices [PDF]
World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2010 to determine the effect of free serotonin concentrations in plasma on development of esophageal and gastric fundal varices.this prospective study included 33 patients with liver cirrhosis and 24 healthy controls. Ultrasonography and measurement of serotonin concentration in plasma were carried out in both groups of subjects.
Rudić, Jelena S. +4 more
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Transcatheter splenic artery embolization for pancreatic sinistral portal hypertension with gastrointestinal blee-ding: a case report [PDF]
Waike lilun yu shijian, 2022 Pancreatic sinistral portal hypertension (PSPH) is a rare entity resulting from splenic vein obstruction and is characterized by splenomegaly, gastric and/or esophageal varices with normal liver function.
CHEN Xiaojuan, ZHANG Wen, CAI Yu
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Frontiers in Surgery, 2022 BackgroundThis study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and adverse events of esophageal variceal ligation (EVL) vs. EVL combined with endoscopic injection sclerosis (EIS) in the therapy of esophageal varices.MethodsPatients from January 2017 to August 2021 ...
Xiaofen Yue +12 more
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BMC Gastroenterology, 2020 Background Cyanoacrylate alone or in combination with other interventions, can be used to achieve variable rates of success in preventing rebleeding. Our study aims to assess the pooled risk of gastric and esophageal varices rebleeding after an initial ...
Zixuan Hu +4 more
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The Indonesian Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Digestive Endoscopy, 2020 Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is differentiated based on clinical needs into variceal and non-variceal bleeding. The cause of varices bleeding is portal hypertension, both cirrhosis and non-cirrhosis. Gastric varices occur less than esophageal varices,
Jualita Heidy Saputri, Budi Widodo
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Evaluation of Upper Endoscopic Findings before and after Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt in Egyptian Patients with Budd-Chiari Syndrome [PDF]
Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 2021 Background and study aim: Successful transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) insertion effectively lowers the portosystemic pressure gradient, resolves ascites and improves esophageal varices, we studied the effect of TIPS on the grades of ...
Ahmed Abdelmoaty +3 more
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Endoscopic management of esophageal and gastric lesions with underlying varices
Annals of Gastroenterology, 2022 Recent developments in endoscopic techniques have contributed to establishing endoscopy as an essential tool in the management of different types of esophageal and gastric lesions. However, management of these lesions with underlying varices is challenging, considering the technical difficulties and increased risk of bleeding it entails with current ...
Dias, Emanuel +2 more
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