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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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Case Report: Diagnosis and Treatment Esophageal Varices

Jurnal Kedokteran Diponegoro, 2023
Background: Esophageal varices are dilated submucosal veins that connect the portal and systemic circulations to the esophagus. It occurs because of portal hypertension (most caused by cirrhosis), portal blood flow resistance, and increased portal vein ...
Risa Ayu Nilmarani, Indra Zachreini, Diana Novita   +2 more
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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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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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Regression of esophageal varices and splenomegaly in two patients with hepatitis-C-related liver cirrhosis after interferon and ribavirin combination therapy [PDF]

Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2016
Some recent studies have found regression of liver cirrhosis after antiviral therapy in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related liver cirrhosis, but there have been no reports of complete regression of esophageal varices after interferon/peg ...
Soon Jae Lee, Yoo-Kyung Cho, Soo-Young Na, Eun Kwang Choi, Sun Jin Boo, Seung Uk Jeong, Hyung Joo Song, Heung Up Kim, Bong Soo Kim, Byung-Cheol Song   +9 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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Novel endoscopic treatment strategy for early esophageal cancer in cirrhotic patients with esophageal varices.

Oncology Letters, 2019
The safety and efficacy of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) and radiofrequency ablation for early esophageal cancer (EEC) in cirrhotic patients has not been thoroughly investigated to date.
Zhengrong Xu, Yongbing Zhao, Jin Yu, Jianying Bai, En Liu, B. Tang, Shiming Yang   +6 more
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Use of the platelet count/spleen diameter ratio for the noninvasive diagnosis of esophageal varices in patients with schistosomiasis

The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2011
Background/Aim: In patients with liver cirrhosis, the platelet count/spleen diameter ratio has been validated as a parameter for the noninvasive diagnosis of esophageal varices.
Adnan Agha, Mamdouh M Abdulhadi, Simona Marenco, Abdelhaleem Bella, Dib AlSaudi, Ahmed El-Haddad, Simona Inferrera, Vincenzo Savarino, Edoardo G Giannini   +8 more
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Spleen and Liver Stiffness to Detect Esophageal Varices in Children with Biliary Atresia.

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition - JPGN, 2019
OBJECTIVES To determine the accuracy of non-invasive parameters such as liver (LS) and spleen stiffness (SS) to detect esophageal varices (EV) in children with biliary atresia (BA). METHODS Children with BA between 2000 and 2015 were recruited.
P. Sintusek, Nipaporn Siriporn, D. Punpanich, V. Chongsrisawat, Y. Poovorawan   +4 more
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The treatment of achalasia patients with esophageal varices: an international study

United European Gastroenterology journal, 2019
Background Treatment options for achalasia include endoscopic and surgical techniques that carry the risk of esophageal bleeding and perforation. The rare coexistence of esophageal varices has only been anecdotally described and treatment is presumed to ...
M. Pesce, C. Magee, Richard H. Holloway, C. Gyawali, Sabine Roman, M. Pioche, E. Savarino, F. Quader, G. Sarnelli, S. Sanagapalli, A. Bredenoord, R. Sweis   +11 more
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