A randomized trial of endoscopic cyanoacrylate injection for acute gastric variceal bleeding: 0.5 mL versus 1.0 mL

A randomized trial of endoscopic treatme

A randomized trial of endoscopic treatment of acute gastric variceal hemorrhage: N-Butyl-2-Cyanoacrylate injection versus band ligation

✍ Pen-Chung Tan; Ming-Chih Hou; Han-Chieh Lin; Tsu-Te Liu; Fa-Yauh Lee; Full-Young 📂 Article 📅 2006 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 165 KB

Progression of gastric variceal hemorrhage (GVH) is poorer than esophageal variceal bleeding. However, data on its optimal treatment are limited. We designed a prospective study to compare the efficacy of endoscopic band ligation (GVL) and endoscopic N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate injection (GVO). Liver pa