Balloon tamponade with a Linton-Nachlas or Sengstaken-Blakemore tube can be a bridge to endoscopic therapy in massive variceal hemorrhage. Care should be taken to prevent insufflation of the gastric ...

Patients with cirrhosis are at risk of esophageal hemorrhage. The efficacy of endoscopic variceal band ligation (EVBL) for the prophylaxis of initial hemorrhage in patients with cirrhosis is unclear.

Beta blockers should be the first line of prevention against variceal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension. While banding is similarly effective in reducing the incidence of ...

Gastroesophageal variceal bleeding is a common and life-threatening complication in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension. When cirrhosis is diagnosed, varices are present in about 50% of ...

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 ...

In patients with isolated gastric varices type 1 (IGV1) with spontaneous shunts, endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)-guided cyanoacrylate injections were very effective at treating bleeding — achieving ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The CHESS-ALARM score was a better predictor of esophageal varices requiring treatment in ...