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Prevalence of gastric varices and portal hypertensive gastropathy in patients with Symmers periportal fibrosis

Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2008
Background and Objective: Symmers′ periportal fibrosis secondary to schistosomiasis is a common cause of portal hypertension worldwide. Data on the prevalence of gastric varices and portal hypertensive gastropathy in this group of patients with ...
Mudawi Hatim, Ali Yasir, El Tahir Mohamed   +2 more
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Rescue Transsplenic Gastric Varices Embolization in a Patient of Massive Gastric Variceal Bleed Secondary to Complete Splanchnic Portal Venous System Thrombosis

Journal of Clinical Interventional Radiology ISVIR
Endoscopic sclerotherapy is the first-line modality to manage gastric variceal bleeding; however, knowledge of other treatment options is also essential, especially in case of failure of the endoscopic approach. We are reporting a rare case of successful
Biswajit Sahoo, Manas Kumar Panigrahi, Manoj Kumar Nayak, Prakash Kumar Sasmal, Arunprakash Pitchaimuthu   +4 more
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Endoscopic Obturation of Esophageal and Gastric Varices with a Cyanoacrylic Tissue Adhesive [PDF]

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1990
An original method of obturation of esophageal and gastric varices with a cyanoacrylic glue has been used for nine years. This method allows treatment of gastric and very large esophageal varices, which is difficult with common endoscopic sclerotherapy ...
Jean-Pierre Gotlib
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Serum bile acids as a prognostic biomarker in biliary atresia following Kasai portoenterostomy

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Serum bile acid levels predict outcomes in patients with biliary atresia who achieve normalized bilirubin levels after Kasai portoenterostomy. Abstract Background and Aims In biliary atresia, serum bilirubin is commonly used to predict outcomes after Kasai portoenterostomy (KP).
Sanjiv Harpavat, Kieran Hawthorne, Kenneth D. R. Setchell, Monica Narvaez Rivas, Lisa Henn, Charlotte A. Beil, Saul J. Karpen, Vicky L. Ng, Estella M. Alonso, Jorge A. Bezerra, Stephen L. Guthery, Simon Horslen, Kathy M. Loomes, Patrick McKiernan, John C. Magee, Robert M. Merion, Jean P. Molleston, Philip Rosenthal, Richard J. Thompson, Kasper S. Wang, Ronald J. Sokol, Benjamin L. Shneider, for Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN)   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combined approach for embolization of otherwise unmanageable gastric varices [PDF]

, 2021
Background: This study aimed to determine the feasibility, safety and effectiveness of combined percutaneous transhepatic obliteration (PTO) and balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) therapy for the treatment of patients with high ...
Ierardi A. M., Carnevale A., Primignani M, Lamura V., Carrafiello G., Renzulli M, Ierardi AM, La Mura V, Tosetti G., D'Amico M., Primignani M., Carnevale A, D'Amico M, Tosetti G, Giganti M, Lampertico P, Renzulli M., Giganti M., Bonelli C., Bonelli C, Lampertico P.   +20 more
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Histoacryl Glue Injection for Treatment in Patient with Gastric Varices Non-cirrhotic Portal Hypertension

The Indonesian Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Digestive Endoscopy, 2020
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is differentiated based on clinical needs into variceal and non-variceal bleeding. The cause of varices bleeding is portal hypertension, both cirrhosis and non-cirrhosis. Gastric varices occur less than esophageal varices,
Jualita Heidy Saputri, Budi Widodo
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Study of the effect of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) C(+405)G (rs2010963) single nucleotide polymorphism on the development of esophageal and gastric varices and risk of variceal bleeding in cirrhotic hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients (VEGF) C(+405)G IN esophageal and gastric varices

Egyptian Liver Journal, 2022
Background HCV infection is a major worldwide cause of chronic liver diseases. Esophageal and gastric varices are common in cirrhotic patients due to concomitant portal hypertension. Variceal hemorrhage is a major decompensating event with high morbidity
Ashraf Aboismail, Mohamed El-Shazly, Nasser Abdallah, Eman Elsayed, Rania Abo-Yossef   +4 more
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Morphometric assessment of the left inferior phrenic vein in patients with portal hypertension

Scientific Reports, 2022
The left inferior phrenic vein (LIPV) is a major drainage vessel of gastric varices and serves as an important conduit in endovascular treatment for gastric varices.
Yoshimi Fujii, Jun Koizumi, Yuka Sekiguchi, Shun Ono, Tatsuya Sekiguchi, Takuya Hara, Jun Hashimoto   +6 more
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A Noninvasive Imaging Technique to Evaluate Therapeutic Efficacy after Injection of n-Butyl-2-cyanoacrylate Tissue Adhesive into Gastric Varices: A Case Report

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2009
A novel use of multidetector computed tomographic intravenous (MDCT IV) portography in the evaluation of gastric varices treated with tissue adhesive is described. A 55-year-old man presented with upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage as a result of bleeding
Bret J Spier, Andrew J Taylor, Patrick R Pfau, Adnan Said, Deepak V Gopal   +4 more
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Impact of Helicobacter pylori Infection on Gastric Variceal Bleeding among Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2019
Background and Aims. Currently, it is well known that Helicobacter pylori- (H. pylori-) related peptic ulcer is one of the main causes of nonvariceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients.
Mohamed A. Elsebaey, Mohamed A. Tawfik, Samah A. Elshweikh, Manal Saad Negm, Mohammed H. Elnaggar, Ghada Mahmoud Alghazaly, Sherief Abd-Elsalam   +6 more
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