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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 ...
Hai-ying Zhou, Tian-wu Chen, Xiao-ming Zhang, Li-ying Wang, Li Zhou, Guo-li Dong, Nan-lin Zeng, Hang Li, Xiao-li Chen, Rui Li   +9 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., Krystallis, Christoforos, Masterton, Gail S., Plevris, John N.   +3 more
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Risk Factors for Recurrent Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding After Esophageal Varices Ligation on Patients with Liver Cirrhosis [PDF]

, 2004
Background: Upper gastrointestinal tract (GIT) bleeding on liver cirrhosis patients will increase morbidity and mortality. Recurrent bleeding\u27s risk rise after the first episode of variceal bleeding.
Akbar, N. (Nurul), Djojoningrat, D. (Dharmika), Hidayat, S. (Syarif), Prasetyo, S. (Sabarinah), Sukmana, N. (Nanang)   +4 more
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Self-expandable metal stents in the treatment of acute esophageal variceal bleeding [PDF]

, 2014
Acute variceal bleeding (AVB) is a life-threatening complication in patients with cirrhosis. Hemostatic therapy of AVB includes early administration of vasoactive drugs that should be combined with endoscopic therapy, preferably banding ligation. However,
Bosch i Genover, Jaume, Escorsell i Mañosa, M. Àngels   +1 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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Effect of portal hypertension in the small bowel: an endoscopic approach [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND AND AIM: The effects of portal hypertension in the small bowel are largely unknown. The aim of the study was to prospectively assess portal hypertension manifestations in the small bowel. METHODS: We compared, by performing enteroscopy with
Almeida, N, Figueiredo, P, Freitas, D, Gouveia, H, Leitão, MC, Lopes, S, Lérias, C   +6 more
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Balloon occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration for bleeding gastric varices: Eyes see what the mind knows

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, Lee Myungsu, Choi Joonsung   +2 more
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Percutaneous transhepatic obliteration for life-threatening bleeding after endoscopic variceal ligation in a patient with severe esophagogastric varices

Radiology Case Reports, 2023
We report a case of life-threatening bleeding after endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) in a patient with severe esophagogastric varices that was treated by percutaneous transhepatic obliteration (PTO).
Fumio Chikamori, MD, Satoshi Ito, MD, Niranjan Sharma, MD   +2 more
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Recomendação de Baveno VI Sobre Evicção da Endoscopia de Rastreio em Doentes com Cirrose: Já Lá Estamos? [PDF]

, 2016
INTRODUCTION: Recent studies assessed the predictive value of liver transient elastography, combined or not with platelet count, for the presence of esophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis, and multiple cutoffs have been proposed. The Baveno
Bernardes, C, Calinas, F, Duarte, P, Loureiro, R, Mendes, M, Pinto, J, Silva, M   +6 more
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Verification of thrombus formation just after endoscopic injection sclerotherapy with ligation for esophagogastric varices by venous phase of left gastric arteriography

Radiology Case Reports, 2022
Management of hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) is important in the treatment of portal hypertension. We report a case that was treated by a hybrid procedure combining endoscopic injection sclerotherapy with ligation (EISL), left gastric artery ...
Fumio Chikamori, MD, Shunsuke Kanazawa, Niranjan Sharma, MD   +2 more
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