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Successful Endoscopic Sealing of Gastric Perforation With Tissue Adhesive Following Endoscopic Treatment for Gastric Fundal Variceal Bleeding: A Case Report. [PDF]

open access: yesClin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Gastric perforation after endoscopic treatment of gastric fundal variceal bleeding is extremely rare. In carefully selected patients with early, small perforations and limited peritoneal contamination, endoscopic tissue adhesive injection combined with conservative management may provide a feasible nonsurgical rescue strategy.
Liu T   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Endoscopic Treatment and Prevention of Acute Variceal Hemorrhage [PDF]

open access: yesThe Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research
Gastroesophageal varices occur in more than half of patients with cirrhosis and the incidence increases as liver function worsens. Although the mortality rate for acute variceal bleeding has decreased with the development of variceal endoscopic ...
Youngdae Kim
doaj   +1 more source

Prevention and management of gastroesophageal varices [PDF]

open access: yesClinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2018
Bleeding from gastroesophageal varices is a serious complication in patients with liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Although there has been significance improvement in the prognosis of variceal bleeding with advancement in diagnostic and ...
Yeon Seok Seo
doaj   +1 more source

Predicting survival in patients with 'non-high-risk' acute variceal bleeding receiving β-blockers+ligation to prevent re-bleeding. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
BACKGROUND&AIMS Pre-emptive transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is the treatment of choice in high-risk acute variceal bleeding (AVB; i.e., Child-Turcotte-Pugh [CTP] B8-9+active bleeding/C10-13). Nevertheless, 'non-high-risk' patients
Primignani, Massimo   +61 more
core   +1 more source

Comprehensive treatment of patients with gastric variceal bleeding

open access: yesМедицина неотложных состояний, 2022
Gastro-oesophageal varices are the major clinical manifestations of cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Bleeding from gastric varices is usually severe and is associated with higher morta­lity and a higher risk of rebleeding than from esophageal varices ...
S.M. Chooklin, S.S. Chuklin
doaj   +1 more source

Pharmacologic prevention of variceal bleeding and rebleeding. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
BACKGROUND Variceal bleeding is a major complication of portal hypertension, which is associated with significant mortality. Moreover, patients surviving a variceal bleeding episode have very high risk of rebleeding, which is associated with mortality
Virginia Hernández-Gea   +5 more
core   +1 more source

The Impact of Achieving Sustained Virological Response with Direct Acting Antivirals on Gastroesophageal Varices and Variceal Bleeding [PDF]

open access: yesAl-Azhar International Medical Journal, 2022
Background: The effect of treating chronic (HCV) by direct acting antiviral drugs (DAA) on gastroesophageal varices and variceal bleeding remain unclear Methods: prospective study we enrolled 200 patients with chronic HCV infection and gastroesophageal ...
Ahmed Fawzy Selim   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Outcome of the Pediatric Patients with Portal Cavernoma: The Retrospective Study for 10 Years Focusing on Recurrent Variceal Bleeding

open access: yesGastroenterology Research and Practice, 2016
Background. Portal cavernoma (PC) is the most critical condition with risk or variceal hemorrhage in pediatric patients. We retrospectively investigated the patients with PC focusing on the predictors for recurrent variceal bleeding. Methods.
Hongjie Guo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The first Egyptian experience using new self-expandable metal stents in acute esophageal variceal bleeding: Pilot study

open access: yesThe Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2013
Background / Aim: Balloon tamponade has been widely available in emergency situations of acute variceal bleeding. To lessen the complications of Balloon tamponade, a new special type of stent for exclusive use in acute variceal bleeding has been ...
Mohamed S Zakaria   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk and causes of gastroesophageal bleeding in patients with liver cirrhosis [PDF]

open access: yesVojnosanitetski Pregled, 2007
Background/Aim. Variceal bleeding is the most life-threating complication in liver cirrhosis. The aim of this study was to analyze the sources of gastroesophageal bleeding in patients with liver cirrhosis and to ascertain the risk factors of bleeding ...
Benedeto-Stojanov Daniela   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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