Background and Aim: Endoscopic sclerotherapy has emerged as an effective treatment for bleeding esophageal varices both in adults and children but the long-term outcome is poorly defined in children.
Oesophageal varices bleeding is the most severe complication of portal hypertension and is the main cause of death for cirrhosis-related diseases. Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy is widely used ...
Gastroesophageal variceal bleeding is a common and life-threatening complication in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension. When cirrhosis is diagnosed, varices are present in about 50% of ...
After an episode of acute bleeding from esophageal varices, patients are at high risk for recurrent bleeding and death. We compared two treatments to prevent recurrent bleeding — endoscopic ligation ...
For centuries, gastrointestinal bleeding has been recognized as a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with pathology of the portal circulation. By contrast, a fuller understanding of ...
Gastric varices occur in about half the total number of patients with cirrhosis. It is the most common reason for bleeding in upper gastrointestinal tract with high portal blood pressure and it ...
Between June 1982 and February 1992, 69 consecutive children underwent EIS for bleeding esophageal varices secondary to EXPVO. The demographic profile of these patients is presented in Table 1. Eleven ...
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