You have full access to this article via your institution. BRTO is a recommended therapeutic option for the treatment of patients with IGV1 associated with a gastrorenal or gastrophrenic shunt, ...
June 18, 2010 — Use of beta-blockers alone without endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) may be preferred for prophylaxis of first variceal bleeding, according to the results of a randomized trial ...
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 ...
Portal hypertension, a complication of cirrhosis, leads to the development of esophageal varices. Small esophageal varices tend to grow to large esophageal varices, and variceal bleeding generally ...
Portal hypertension is one of the main consequences of cirrhosis. It results from a combination of increased intrahepatic vascular resistance and increased blood flow through the portal venous system.
The use of bands for oesophageal bleeding will stop the bleeding and has significant benefits over the alternative of injection sclerotherapy. The benefits include: improved mortality and a reduction ...
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina revealed the need to clarify current treatment guidelines for octreotide therapy following an esophageal variceal hemorrhage in a recent study ...
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