Perforation after endoscopic injection sclerotherapy for bleeding gastric varices
โ Scribed by E. K. W. Ng; S. C. S. Chung; H. T. Leong; A. K. C. Li
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 174 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0930-2794
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Abstract Acute injection sclerotherapy has been used in Belfast for 25 years and the results are reviewed. During this period 264 patients had injection sclerotherapy for acute bleeding from oesophageal varices during 396 admissions; a rigid oesophagoscope was used and 447 injections were performed.
In a prospective, randomized clinical trial, immediate injection sclerotherapy was compared with treatment by a combined infusion of vasopressin (0.4 unit per min) and nitroglycerin (40 to 400 pg per min) in 50 consecutive patients with 64 episodes of endoscopy-proven active variceal hemorrhage. Con