Results 1 to 10 of about 9,245 (175)

Evaluation and Management of Esophageal and Gastric Varices in Patients with Cirrhosis [PDF]

Clinics in Liver Disease, 2020
Variceal bleeding is a complication of cirrhosis that defines decompensation. Important advances in the management of gastroesophageal varices have led to a significant decrease in the morbidity and mortality. Achieving these results in clinical practice is contingent on clinicians applying the best practice strategies and appropriate referral to a ...
Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao
exaly   +4 more sources

Left Gastric Vein Width Is an Important Risk Factor for Exacerbation of Esophageal Varices Post Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration for Gastric Varices in Cirrhotic Patients

Medicina (Lithuania), 2022
Background and Objectives: Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) could be currently one of the best therapies for patients with gastric varices.
Tatsuo Kanda, Mitsuhiko Moriyama
exaly   +3 more sources

Efficiency and Safety of Endoscopic Injection Sclerotherapy With Ligation for Esophageal Varices: A Retrospective Study. [PDF]

DEN Open
ABSTRACT Objectives Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy with ligation (EISL) is a combined endoscopic treatment that involves endoscopic injection sclerotherapy (EIS) and endoscopic variceal ligation. This study aimed to compare the efficacy of conventional EIS and EISL in treating esophageal varices and the usefulness of EISL.
Maki K, Haga H, Hoshikawa K, Katsumi T, Suzuki F, Uchiyama F, Ueno Y.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Feasibility of transnasal endoscopy in screening for esophageal and gastric varices in patients with chronic liver disease [PDF]

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, Carlos Alberto Freitas Dias, Luciana Dias Moetzsohn, Silas de Castro Carvalho, Tereza Abreu Ferrari, Vitor Nunes Arantes   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The diameter of the originating vein determines esophageal and gastric fundic varices in portal hypertension secondary to posthepatitic cirrhosis

Clinics, 2012
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine whether and how the diameter of the vein that gives rise to the inflowing vein of the esophageal and gastric fundic varices secondary to posthepatitic cirrhosis, as measured with multidetector-row ...
Tian Wu Chen, Hai-Ying Zhou
exaly   +3 more sources

Gastric varices in patients with liver cirrhosis: pathogenesis, classification, and therapeutic management [PDF]

Clinical & Experimental Hepatology
This review paper discusses the pathogenesis, classification, and principles of prevention and treatment of portal hypertension, with particular emphasis on gastric varices.
Krzysztof Simon, Marlena Stryczek-Lis, Kamil Stępień   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Pancytopenia With Hypocellular Bone Marrow Revealing Extrahepatic Portal Venous Obstruction and Cavernous Transformation in a Child: A Case Report of a Diagnostic Challenge. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Extrahepatic portal venous obstruction (EHPVO) is a leading cause of prehepatic portal hypertension in children, particularly in developing countries. While upper gastrointestinal bleeding is the most common presentation, EHPVO may rarely manifest predominantly with hematological abnormalities due to hypersplenism, posing a diagnostic ...
Adhikari S, Pandit A, Koirala M, Lamichhane B, Khadka R, Panta A, Rimal S.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Gastric Endoscopic Mucosal Resection and Polypectomy among Patients with Liver Cirrhosis and Esophageal Varices in the setting of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding [PDF]

African Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2023
BackgroundGastric polyps are not infrequently reported among cirrhotic patients. Endoscopic resection of gastric polyps among patients with liver cirrhosis and esophageal varices carries the risk of post-polypectomy bleeding.
Bassam Salama, Amir Barakat, Mahmoud sharafeddin, Ahmed Gad   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intraluminal eradication via transmural supply blocking, a novel concept for the treatment of esophageal and gastric varices by endoscopic ultrasound-guided perforating vein blocking [PDF]

Gastroenterology Report
Pu Wang, Guanyu Zhou
exaly   +2 more sources

Endoscopic therapy of gastric variceal bleeding

Медицина неотложных состояний, 2022
Bleeding from esophageal and gastric varices is the most life-threatening complication of liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Gastric variceal bleeding is often more serious and can be fatal.
S.M. Chooklin, S.S. Chuklin, Ya.R. Dutka
doaj   +1 more source