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Spleen Stiffness as Predictor of Esophageal Varices in Cirrhosis of Different Etiologies

Scientific Reports, 2019
The purpose of this study is to determine whether esophageal varices (EV) can be identified through the evaluation of spleen stiffness (SSM) via acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI).
C. Fierbinţeanu-Braticevici, L. Tribus, Răzvan Peagu, A. Petrişor, C. Băicuș, D. Crețoiu, A. Pasternak, Gabriela M. Oprea, A. Purcareanu, A. Moldoveanu   +9 more
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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.
A Elghuel, A Timraz, AB Olokoba, AG Kankaria, Anthony Liwa, C Meaden, C Zaltman, D Pateron, DA Peura, DE Elliott, DJ Cook, DJ Exon, Eliasa Mkongo, EM Vreeburg, FK Chan, G Theocharis, GS Kibiki, HC Wolfsen, HM Salih, Hyasinta Jaka, J Chasawat, J Villanueva Palacios, JA Forrest, K Aoki, K Kivkin, K Palmer, M Suba, M Urassa, Mabula D Mchembe, Mariam Mirambo, ME Van Leerdam, Mheta Koy, MJ Kaviani, MN Lakhwani, N Sarin, NK Arora, P Vlavianos, Phillipo L Chalya, Rodrick Kabangila, S Mustapha, SA Hearnshaw, T Alempijevic, TA Rockall, TA Rockall, V Balderas, Wolfgang Scheppach   +45 more
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Elastography-based screening for esophageal varices in patients with advanced chronic liver disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2019
Elastography-based liver stiffness measurement (LSM) is a non-invasive tool for estimating liver fibrosis but also provides an estimate for the severity of portal hypertension in patients with advanced chronic liver disease (ACLD).
R. Paternostro, T. Reiberger, T. Bucsics
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Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy versus N-Butyl-2 Cyanoacrylate injection in the management of actively bleeding esophageal varices: a randomized controlled trial

BMC Gastroenterology, 2019
BackgroundThe management of acute esophageal variceal bleeding remains a clinical challenge. Band ligation is the main therapeutic option, but it may be technically difficult to perform in active bleeders.
Mohamed A. Elsebaey, Mohamed A. Tawfik, Sherif Ezzat, Amal A. Selim, Heba Elashry, S. Abd-Elsalam   +5 more
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Idiopathic noncirrhotic portal hypertension: current perspectives [PDF]

, 2016
The term idiopathic noncirrhotic portal hypertension (INCPH) has been recently proposed to replace terms, such as hepatoportal sclerosis, idiopathic portal hypertension, incomplete septal cirrhosis, and nodular regenerative hyperplasia, used to describe ...
D'AMATI, Giulia, Gioia, Stefania, Nicoletti, Valeria, PENTASSUGLIO, ILARIA, RIGGIO, Oliviero, VALENTE, MICHELE   +5 more
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SURGICAL METHODS OF BLEEDING PREVENTION FROM ESOPHAGEAL VARICES IN TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH LIVER CIRRHOSIS

Вестник хирургии имени И.И. Грекова, 2017
E.A. Vagner Perm State Medical University OBJECTIVE. The authors would like to improve the results of surgical treatment of patients with threat of bleeding from esophageal varices. MATERIALS AND METHODS.
M. F. Zarivchatskiy, E. D. Kamenskikh, I. N. Mugatarov, M. V. Kolyvanova   +3 more
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Regression of esophageal varices during entecavir treatment in patients with hepatitis-B-virus-related liver cirrhosis [PDF]

Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2016
Recent studies suggest that liver cirrhosis is reversible after administering oral nucleos(t)ide analogue therapy to patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.
Hye Young Jwa, Yoo-Kyung Cho, Eun Kwang Choi, Heung Up Kim, Hyun Joo Song, Soo-Young Na, Sun-Jin Boo, Seung Uk Jeong, Bong Soo Kim, Byoung-Wook Lee, Byung-Cheol Song   +10 more
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Role of non-invasive markers in prediction of esophageal varices and variceal bleeding in patients of alcoholic liver cirrhosis from central India.

The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2019
BACKGROUND/AIMS Alcohol is the leading cause of liver cirrhosis, which results in portal hypertension and subsequently, culminates into esophageal varices and esophgeal variceal bleeding.
Harit G. Kothari, Sudhir J. Gupta, N. Gaikwad, T. Sankalecha, A. Samarth   +4 more
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Outcome of Endoscopic Variceal Band Ligation

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2017
Introduction: Bleeding from esophageal varices in cirrhosis is an emergent condition with high mortality. One of the preferred modality of treating esophageal varices is EVL.
Barun Shrestha, Sudhamshu KC, Sita Ram Chaudhary, Bhupendra Kumar Basnet, Amrendra Kumar Mandal, Nandu Silwal Poudyal   +5 more
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Natural history of patients with non cirrhotic portal hypertension: Comparison with patients with compensated cirrhosis [PDF]

, 2018
Background. The knowledge of natural history of patients with portal hypertension (PH) not due to cirrhosis is less well known than that of cirrhotic patients. Aim.
Aprile, Francesca, Gioia, Stefania, Merli, Manuela, Nardelli, Silvia, Nicoletti, Valeria, Pasquale, Chiara, Pentassuglio, Ilaria, Riggio, Oliviero   +7 more
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