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Percutaneous transhepatic embolization of gastro-esophageal varices for the treatment of variceal bleeding in portal vein thrombosis secondary to hepatocellular carcinoma: A case report [PDF]

Radiology Case Reports
Percutaneous transhepatic embolization (PTE) is a minimally invasive and effective intervention for managing refractory variceal bleeding in patients with portal vein thrombosis (PVT) secondary to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This case report highlights the successful application of PTE in a 69-year-old nonalcoholic male with chronic liver disease ...
Rathod AS, Banode P.
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Endoscopic Innovation Treatment Strategy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Patients Before Immunotherapy: A Case Series Study in Unselected Patients. [PDF]

JGH Open
ABSTRACT Hepatocellular carcinoma remains a major problem in Asia as well as globally. Most patients present at the late stage of the disease. Currently, several types of immunotherapy (IT) have been studied for its efficacy in treating hepatocellular carcinoma, such as atezolizumab and bevacizumab, which work as inhibitors in checkpoints and ...
Syofyan SD, Kovara K, Lesmana NP, Wiradikarta JN, Syofyan JF, Widjaja JB, Inggriani S, Hermawan R, Lesmana CRA.   +8 more
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Shear wave elastography in assessment of liver stiffness and prediction of gastro-esophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis [PDF]

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2019
Abstract Background Shear wave elastography is an ultrasound applied technique used to measure tissue stiffness as a result of a disease. So, it can be used to evaluate liver stiffness as a result of liver cirrhosis and could correlate it with esophageal varices.
Mohammed Zaki, Mohammed Hazem
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Association between Liver Stiffness and Gastro-Esophageal Varices in Chronic Liver Diseases

OBM Hepatology and Gastroenterology, 2018
Objective: Elastography is a non-invasive examination method that can estimate the extent of liver fibrosis, measured as liver stiffness (LS). We examined the relationship between gastro-esophageal varices and the LS and how to predict esophageal varices and varices bleeding by LS.
Katsutoshi Tokushige
exaly   +2 more sources

Analysis of the treatment outcome of duodenal varices: A retrospective case series of 15 patients from a single institution. [PDF]

DEN Open
Abstract Background & aims Duodenal varices (DVs) are a rare type of ectopic varices occurring in portal hypertension, for which no standardized treatment strategy has been established. This retrospective study analyzed the outcomes of DV treatments in 15 patients. Material and methods All enrolled patients with DVs were treated at a single institution
Mitamura Y, Murakami E, Hashimoto K, Emori T, Tanaka A, Tanaka Y, Hiraoka K, Shirane Y, Kosaka M, Johira Y, Miura R, Murakami S, Yamaoka K, Fujii Y, Uchikawa S, Fujino H, Ono A, Kawaoka T, Miki D, Hayes CN, Tsuge M, Chosa K, Awai K, Oka S.   +23 more
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Gastro-esophageal Varices: Endoscopic Band Ligation, Alcohol Injection and Cyanoacrylate Injection

Journal of Medical Sciences (Faisalabad, Pakistan), 2006
Ashraf Elsherbiny ., Heba Sayed Assal ., Mohamed Abd Elmabood ., Emad A. A. Hussein .   +3 more
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Coil-Assisted Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration (CARTO) for the Treatment of Portal Hypertensive Variceal Bleeding: Preliminary Results. [PDF]

, 2014
ObjectivesTo describe the technical feasibility, safety, and clinical outcomes of coil-assisted retrograde transvenous obliteration (CARTO) in treating portal hypertensive non-esophageal variceal hemorrhage.MethodsFrom October 2012 to December 2013, 20 ...
Busuttil, Ronald, Durazo, Francisco, Goldstein, Leonard, Gomes, Antoinette S, Han, Steven-Huy, Kee, Stephen T, Lee, Edward W, Loh, Christopher T, McWilliams, Justin, Moriarty, John, Saab, Sammy, Tafti, Bashir A   +11 more
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AGREEMENT BETWEEN MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AND ENDOSCOPY FOR THE EVALUATION OF GASTRO-ESOPHAGEAL VARICES IN PATIENTS WITH PORTAL HYPERTENSION.

INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH, 2021
Aim: The aim is to study the agreement between MDCT and endoscopy in diagnosing gastroesophageal varices in patients of chronic liver disease with portal hypertension, keeping endoscopy as gold standard. Materials and Methods: The study included 29 cirrhotic patients with portal hypertension assessed between August 2018 to August 2020 who underwent ...
Mehak Garg, Nirmal Kumar Prabhu, Shivane Garg, Saravanan S, Rubalakshmi S, Srikanth Moorthy   +5 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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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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