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Endoscopic Treatment of Acute Esophageal and Gastric Variceal Bleeding

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America
Acute variceal bleeding is a serious complication of portal hypertension. This most often manifests as bleeding from esophageal varices. Although less likely to occur, bleeding from gastric varices is usually more severe. The best endoscopic management for acute esophageal variceal bleeding is band ligation and this often proves to be definitive ...
Kendra, Jobe, Zachary, Henry
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Injection sclerotherapy for the management of esophageal and gastric varices

Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2005
The development of esophageal and gastric varices is an important complication of portal hypertension with significant morbidity and mortality. Endoscopic variceal sclerotherapy (EVS) was the first and, for many years, the only successful endoscopic method available for the treatment of bleeding varices.
Farees T. Farooq, Richard C.K. Wong
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A method for facilitating endoscopic diagnosis of esophageal varices and gastric lesions

The American Journal of Digestive Diseases, 1966
The use of an endotracheal cuff on the esophagoscope improves the visualization and accuracy of diagnosis of esophageal varices. The addition of a modified endotracheal cuff to the flexible gastroscope with a movable tip enhances visualization of the lesser curvature of the antrum and of the pylorus.
S S, Zinberg, J E, Berk
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Role of serotonin in development of esophageal and gastric fundal varices

Menoufia Medical Journal, 2020
Objective The aim was to determine the role of plasma free serotonin concentrations on the development of esophageal and gastric fundal varices. Background Esophageal and gastric varices are a serious consequence of portal hypertension in patients with the chronic liver disease.
SabrinMohammed Samy Asila, MohamedAlaa El-Din Nouh, HossamEl-Din Mostafa Seleem, SallyMohammed Elhefnawy   +3 more
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Portal hypertensive gastropathy and gastric varices before esophageal variceal sclerotherapy and after obliteration.

Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology, 1998
To evaluate the frequency and clinical importance of portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG) and gastric varices (GV) before endoscopic sclerotherapy (EST) and after esophageal variceal obliteration.Patients with portal hypertension (PHT) with variceal bleed were prospectively evaluated for PHG and GV before EST with intravariceal injection of absolute ...
B K, De, U C, Ghoshal, A S, Das, S, Nandi, D N, Mazumder   +4 more
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Control of bleeding esophageal varices by transabdominal esophageal transection, gastric devascularization, and splenectomy.

Surgical gastroenterology, 1985
Between November 1980 and October 1982, 11 patients underwent modified Sugiura procedures (esophageal transection, gastric devascularization, and splenectomy) for bleeding esophageal varices, with an operative mortality of 36%. One patient rebled at 2 months and was successfully managed by sclerotherapy.
J L, Weese, J R, Starling, C E, Yale
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ANALYSIS OF TREATMENT OUTCOMES FOR BLEEDING FROM ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES

Наука и здравоохранение
Introduction.Bleedingfromesophagealandgastricvarices(EGV)isoneofthemostlife-threateningcomplicationsoflivercirrhosisandportalhypertension,associatedwithhighmortality,especiallyincasesoflatediagnosisandadvancedhepaticinsufficiency.
D. MyrzashD, E.S. Tulebaev, M.K. Abdykadyrov, S.K. Iskakov, N.B. Esenbekov, M.K. Duisebekov, Y.M. Zheldibaev, A.B. Berkinbay, A.N. Baymakhanov, O.T. Ibekenov   +9 more
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Esophageal and Gastric Varices, with Report of a Case

Surgical Clinics of North America, 1948
H F, HARE, E, SILVEUS, F A, RUOFF
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Integrative oncology: Addressing the global challenges of cancer prevention and treatment

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2022
Jun J Mao,, Msce, Lorenzo Cohen, Karen M Mustian   +2 more
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Splenectomy and gastric vein ligature in hepatosplenic schistosomiais: effects upon esophageal variceal pressure and endoscopic risk factors of esophageal variceal bleeding.

Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery, 2013
A significant number of patients with schistosomiasis develop the hepatosplenic form, with portal hypertension, in which bleeding caused by rupture of esophagogastric varices emerged as the leading cause of morbidity and mortality.To investigate the effects of splenectomy and ligature of the left gastric vein on risk factors for bleeding of ...
João, Evangelista-Neto, Fernanda Fernandez, Pereira, Suênia Tavares, França, Fernando José, Amaral, Carlos Teixeira, Brandt, Olival Cirilo Lucena da, Fonseca-Neto, Cláudio Moura, Lacerda   +6 more
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