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Complete esophageal obstruction following endoscopic variceal ligation.
Endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) is the standard-of-care therapy for treating and preventing recurrence of acute esophageal variceal hemorrhage.1 EVL can also be used to prevent a patient’s first variceal bleeding episode, particularly in patients who have medium or large varices showing high-risk signs for bleeding or patients who are intolerant to β-blocker therapy.1-3 EVL has supplanted th...
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OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of duodenal ulcer (DU), as well as other clinical characteristics occurring after endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) of the esophagus. STUDY DESIGN Descriptive study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China, from April 2012 to April 2013. METHODOLOGY A total of 47 patients with esophageal va...
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Endoscopic variceal band ligation (EVL) is the endoscopic therapy of choice for esophageal varices. We present a very rare complication of EVL: complete esophageal obstruction [1]. A 64-year-old woman with cirrhosis was admitted for her fourth EVL. During the procedure, esophageal mucosal scarring from previous ligation, mild stenosis of the lower third of the esophagus, and a single large vari...
متن کاملComplete esophageal obstruction following endoscopic variceal band ligation
Variceal hemorrhage is a potential complication of portal hypertension. Besides medical management, endoscopic variceal band ligation (EVBL) has emerged as a promising prophylactic tool proving to be superior to sclerotherapy. EBVL is a simple procedure associated with minor complications and short recovery time. In this report, we present a case of a rare complication of complete esophageal ob...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0835-7900
DOI: 10.1155/1990/631486