BACKGROUND & AIMS Although sclerotherapy is the current standard therapy for bleeding esophageal varices, the best method for initial control is unclear. The aim of this meta-analysis was to compare the efficacy and toxicity of somatostatin and vasopressin in short-term treatment of hemorrhage from esophageal varices. METHODS Using MEDLINE, all randomized trials comparing somatostatin with va...

We report a case of a 40 year old man with portal hypertension caused by a splenic arteriovenous fistula that was diagnosed at laparotomy. He presented with bleeding esophageal varices and was initially treated by sclerotherapy. At laparotomy, portal pressure was 40 cmH20 but fell to 20 cm H20 after the fistula was treated with splenectomy. All symptoms disappeared shortly after operation ...

Esophageal varices and hematemesis in severe cases can lead to significant morbidity mortality without correct treatment. be brought on by a variety of causes, including infection, vascular abnormalities, inflammatory illnesses, trauma, cancer. Its location, severity, causes all influence how it is diagnosed, managed, treated. The field radiology especially interventional offers quick, efficien...

In cirrhotic patients the bleeding from esophageal varices is the most dangerous complication of portal hypertension and is attended with high rate of lethality. Endoscopic assessment of esophageal varices and the state of esophageal and stomach mucosa at the esophagogastroduodenoscopy presents high importance for the assessment of risk of their development (Coelho-Prabhu & Kamath, 2010). Howev...

l/an Thiel, D. H., Dindzans, V. J., Schade, R. R., Rabinovitz, M. and Gavaler, J. S. (1993) Prophylactic versus emer#ency sclerotherapy of lar#e esopha#eal varices prior to liver transplantation. Di#estive Diseases and Sciences; 38 1505-1510 From January 1985 through July 1987, adult patients accepted for liver transplantation with large esophageal varices were enrolled in a study evaluating th...

AIM To study portal hypertensive enteropathy (PHE) before and after the obliteration of esophageal varices. METHODS 30 patients with portal hypertension and esophageal varices were included. Band ligation was performed for every patient until the obliteration of esophageal varices. Enteroscopy and biopsies from gastric, duodenal and jejunal mucosa were taken at the beginning of the study and ...

Sarin, S. K., Govil, A., Jain, A. K., Guptan, R. C., Issar, S. K., Jain, M. and Murthy, N. S. (1997) Prospective randomised trial of endoscopic sclerotherapy versus variceal band ligation for esophageal varices: influence on gastropathy, gastric varices and variceal recurrence. Journal of Hepatology, 26, 826-832. Background/Aims: Endoscopic variceal ligation and endoscopic sclerotherapy are bot...