Evaluation and Management of Esophageal and Gastric Varices in Patients with Cirrhosis.
Clinical 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
S. Jakab, G. Garcia‐Tsao
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An evaluation of 605 endoscopic examination in a rural setting, Lacor Hospital in Northern Uganda [PDF]
, 2016 Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the profile of esophagogastroduodenal (EGDS) diseases diagnosed by upper endoscopy in a rural area of Uganda in a retro-protective study of 605 patients.
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Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 2019 Esophageal Varices is one of the most common side-effects of liver cirrhosis diseases which is detected by Upper endoscopy. Screening all patients implies many endoscopies will be needed, which increases the workload of endoscopy units.
S. M. A. El-salam +7 more
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Managing liver cirrhotic complications: Overview of esophageal and gastric varices
Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2020 Managing liver cirrhosis in clinical practice is still a challenging problem as its progression is associated with serious complications, such as variceal bleeding that may increase mortality.
C. Lesmana, Monica Raharjo, R. Gani
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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.
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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 +3 more
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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 +9 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 +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 +5 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 +10 more
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