AIM To evaluate the results of the treatment of simple liver cysts (solitary and multiple) and polycystic liver disease (PLD) using percutaneous sclerotherapy and/or surgical procedures in a single tertiary referral centre. METHODS Retrospective analysis of 54 patients referred for evaluation and possible treatment of simple liver cysts (solitary and multiple) and PLD, from January 1997 to Ju...

The choice of methods for the treatment of acute variceal hemorrhage critically depends on the locally available expertise. Vasoactive drugs or balloon tamponade may bridge the time to more definitive measures such as sclerotherapy or band ligation. Drugs (nonselective beta-adrenergic blockers and long-acting nitrates) are almost equivalent to endoscopic sclerotherapy for the prevention of recu...

Complete long term follow up was obtained in 27 children who had bled from oesophageal varices. Most presented with haematemesis or melaena at an average age of 5.2 years in the portal vein thrombosis group (20 children) and 9.5 years in the intrahepatic group (7 children). All had splenomegaly. Only 6 of 20 children with portal vein thrombosis had a possible precipitating factor. A total of 18...

Percutaneous alcohol sclerotherapy for simple liver cysts is an established and safe procedure. We report alcohol ablation of a very large (5.5 liters) liver cyst that had failed laparoscopic deroofing procedures twice. The cyst responded to multisession alcohol sclerotherapy.

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...

Introduction: Sclerotherapy is one the most frequent procedures performed by Brazilian vascular surgeons and vascular medicine physicians. Its basic principle is the elimination of varicose veins by destroying their internal wall. In Brazil, sclerotherapy involves a range of practices, such as the choice of sclerosing agent, associated use of laser, wearing or not gloves during the procedure, r...

BACKGROUND Endometriosis is a common hormone-dependent gynecologic disease with a high recurrence. Laparotomy or laparoscopy is the standard surgery for the large endometrioma. Also, sclerotherapy is basically used to treat different diseases one of which is endometrioma. OBJECTIVE The study was designed to assess the value of transvaginal ultrasound-guided ethanol sclerotherapy in patients w...

Shields, R., Jenkins, S. A., Baxter, J. N., Kingsnorth, A. N., Ellenbogen, S. A., Makin, C.A., Gilmore, I., Morris, A. I., Ashby, D. and West, C. R. (1992) A prospective randomised controlled trial comparing the efficacy of somatostatin with injection sclerotherapy in the control of bleeding oesophageal varices. Journal of Hepatology 16, 128-137. Since previous reports have suggested that somat...

BACKGROUND Sclerotherapy has been shown to be an effective and increasingly popular therapeutic strategy for the treatment of varicose veins. However, recent reports of serious side effects, including cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) and transient ischemic attacks (TIA), as well as speech and visual disturbances, have caused serious concern regarding its use. This review evaluated the reported i...