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Ligation of Esophageal Varices

, 2013
Esophageal varices are present in majority of the patients with hepatic cirrhosis at the time of diagnosis, especially in those with advanced liver disease.
Shou-jiang Tang, Tang, Shou-jiang
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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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Association Between Preoperative Steroid Use and Short‐Term Outcomes Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Nationwide Analysis Using the National Clinical Database

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) carries a high risk of postoperative complications. Although steroids are widely prescribed for various chronic diseases, the specific impact after PD remains unclear. This study evaluated the association between preoperative chronic steroid use and short‐term outcomes following PD.
Yoshito Tomimaru, Hideki Endo, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Teruhide Ishigame, Hideki Ueno, Ken Shirabe, Hidetoshi Eguchi   +6 more
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Receiver operating characteristics curve: IPF% and esophageal varices.

, 2018
Receiver operating characteristics curve: IPF% and esophageal varices.
Frank Lammert (2875), Philip Rauber (4849654), Beate Appenrodt (4849657), Katharina Grotemeyer (4849651)   +3 more
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Noninvasive prediction of large esophageal varices in liver cirrhosis patients

, 2014
Purpose: Esophageal varices are a dangerous complication of liver cirrhosis. The development of cost effective, noninvasive means for prediction of large esophageal varices could reduce the use of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in variceal screening ...
Wang, Jinjun, Yang, Genmei, Hu, Lijuan, Jian, Yi Cheng, Dong, Shuang, Hu, JunWei, Wang, Lijing, Xiong, Wujun   +7 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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Forest plot of individual study evaluates of sensitivity and specificity for any esophageal varices diagnosis.

, 2016
The base vertical imaginary line indicates the combined effects. (A) Accuracy of liver stiffness measurement for estimating the presence of esophageal varices.
Xiaowen Ma (845262), Xibiao Han (3340152), Haoran Bu (3340158), Le Wang (165105), Yuemin Feng (3340155), Qiang Zhu (188733), Hao Wu (1235961)   +6 more
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Correlation Between Esophageal Varices and Lok Score as a Non-invasive Parameter in Liver Cirrhosis Patients

The Indonesian Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Digestive Endoscopy, 2016
Bleeding from gastro-esophageal varices is the most serious and life-threatening complication of cirrhosis. Endoscopic surveillance of esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients is expensive and uncomfortable for the patients.
Iqbal Sungkar, Leonardo Basa Dairi, Gontar Alamsyah Siregar   +2 more
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Endoscopic therapy using an endoscopic variceal ligation for minute cancer of the esophagogastric junction complicated with esophageal varices: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2010
Introduction Standard endoscopic mucosal resection or endoscopic submucosal dissection is a procedure for patients with minute cancers, complicated with esophageal varices that puts them at high risk of bleeding.
Inamori Masahiko, Takahashi Hirokazu, Yoneda Kyoko, Hosono Kunihiro, Endo Hiroki, Iida Hiroshi, Abe Yasunobu, Akiyama Tomoyuki, Ryo Akihide, Yamanaka Shoji, Inayama Yoshiaki, Nakajima Atsushi   +11 more
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Asymptomatic Esophageal Varices Should Be Endoscopically Treated [PDF]

, 1998
Endoscopic treatment has generally been accepted in the management of bleeding esophageal varices. Both the control of acute variceal bleeding and elective variceal eradication to prevent recurrent bleeding can be achieved via endoscopic methods.
Nib Soehendra
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