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How Does Endoscopic Sclerotherapy

Endoscopic sclerotherapy is widely employed for esophageal variceal hemorrhage. However it has side effects and can aggravate portal hypertension by suppression of portosystemic shunt. The purpose of the present investigation was to study the effect of variceal thrombosis on hepatic venous pressure gradient and azygos blood flow. Eight alcoholic cirrhotic patients with a first variceal hemorrha...

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 sclerotherapy using absolute alcohol.

To assess the efficacy of absolute alcohol as a sclerosant, endoscopic sclerotherapy was carried out using a conventional endoscope and an indigenously designed injector. Forty three patients with portal hypertension who had presented with history of variceal bleeding were included in the study. Portal hypertension was caused by cirrhosis in 30 (69.8%), non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis in eight (1...

Prognostic Evaluation of Endoscopic Sclerotherapy on Bleeding Esophageal Varices

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...