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occurs use of pharmaco- logic and endoscopic therapies prevent rebleeding in most orrhage refractory to medical management , b) gastric variceal patients. The existing recommendations ...
, deployment, success rate, limitations, 7. July 2014 cological and endoscopic interventions are cor- and complications are discussed. nerstones in the management of variceal bleeding Results: At present, 103 ...
Abbreviation EVB esophageal variceal bleeding Acute esophageal variceal bleeding (EVB) remains among the most serious emergencies managed by gastroenterologists and hepatologists. Most patients do ...
proportion of patients with gastrointestinal bleeding remain refractory to initial endoscopic hemostasis. While some are successfully managed by repeat endoscopic intervention, a few fail to respond ...
therapy with nonselective beta-blockers reduces the risk of initial variceal bleeding and bleeding -related death. Thus, patients with newly diagnosed cirrhosis should be considered for endoscopic variceal ...
complication of porto-systemic shunt. tial conflicts of interest. In 2003, he had an uncontrolled variceal We report herein the case of a 59-year-old man bleeding refractory to medical and endoscopic This work ...
BackgroundA recently developed haemostatic peptide gel for endoscopic application has been introduced to improve the management of gastrointestinal bleeding . The aim of this pilot study ...
in liver transplant (LT) recipients. Fifteen patients underwent TIPS insertion following LT. Indications were refractory ascites (12), hepatic hydrothorax (2), and bleeding esophageal varices (1). Seven ...
and refractory ascites in many cases can be managed with the placement of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS). Current indications of TIPS placement include variceal hemorrhage refractory ...
of portal pressure. TIPS was first described as a research technique in 1969 and gained clinical acceptance in the early 1990s ( 1, 2 ). It is widely used to treat variceal bleeding ( 3–5 ), and refractory ...
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