Management of acute esophageal variceal bleeding by endoscopic sclerotherapy in technically difficult endoscopic band ligation cases—A population based cohort study

Endoscopic hemostasis in acute esophageal variceal bleeding.

Acute variceal bleeding (AVB) is a milestone event for patients with portal hypertension. Esophageal varices bleed because of an increase in portal pressure that causes the variceal wall to rupture. AVB in a patient with cirrhosis and portal hypertension is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The initial management of these patients includes proper resuscitation, antibiotic pro...

Side effects of endoscopic variceal ligation by using Indonesian Endoscopic Ligator versus Endoscopic Variceal Sclerotherapy.

AIM to investigate the side effects and survival of endoscopic variceal ligation by using Indonesian Endoscopic Ligator versus Endoscopic Variceal Sclerotherapy. METHODS we studied the medical records and endoscopy reports of patients who underwent endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) or endoscopic sclerotherapy (EST) from January 2003 until December 2006. EST was done using ethoxysclerol injec...

endoscopic sclerotherapy on variceal bleeding in children

background: since variceal bleeding due to portal hypertension is associated with a high mortality rate, effective treatment leads to improved survival. endoscopic sclerotherapy is an effective treatment for bleeding esophageal varices, but it is associated with significant complications. to determine the efficacy and safety of endoscopic sclerotherapy, we evaluated the patients with variceal b...

Endoscopic ligation compared with sclerotherapy for treatment of esophageal variceal bleeding. A meta-analysis.

PURPOSE To compare the effect of endoscopic ligation with that of sclerotherapy in the treatment of patients with bleeding esophageal varices. DATA SOURCES Strategies to identify published and unpublished research included searches of computerized bibliographic and scientific citations, review of citations in relevant primary articles, searches of services providing information on unpublished...

Endoscopic band ligation of active cardiac variceal bleeding.