At the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, most patients with bleeding varices have been poor‐risk alcoholics. A high proportion were receiving a State pension. The early mortality due to bleeding varices was 53%. This figure comprised a 60% mortality following conservative management and 40% after ...
Abstract. Emergency ligation of bleeding oesophageal varices using the Milnes Walker technique was performed in 38 patients. Haemorrhage continued or recur
Bleeding Oesophageal VaricesBleedingportal hypertensiontherapyvaricesBackground: The Danish contribution to evaluation and treatment of bleeding oesophageal varices.doi:10.3109/00365529609094554W. H. J. SummerskillBMJ GroupScandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology...
Gastro-oesophageal reflux: an aetiologi- cal factor for bleeding in oesophageal varices? Br J Surg 1980;67:467-8.Heil T, Matte P, Loeprecht H:Gastro-oesophageal reflux:An aetiological factor for bleeding in oesophageal varices. Br J Surg 67:467–468, 1980....
66. BLEEDING OESOPHAGEAL VARICES IN CHILDREN: EVALUATION OF INJECTION SCLEROTHERAPYPediatric Research publishes original papers, invited reviews, and commentaries on the etiologies of diseases of children and disorders of development, extending from molecular biology to epidemiology. Use of model organisms ...
Somatostatin in acute bleeding oesophageal varices. Clinical evidence. Following the demonstration that somatostatin lowered portal pressure in cirrhotic patients with portal hypertension, 2 uncontrolled reports suggested that the hormone might be useful in the control of acute variceal haemorrhage. Subsequ.....
Phillip S HuntMonash Department of SurgeryPrince Henry's HospitalSt Kilda RoadMelbourneVic.3004Melvyn G. KormanGastroenterology UnitPrince Henry's HospitalSt Kilda RoadMelbourneVic.3004Jack HanskyGastroenterology UnitPrince Henry's HospitalSt Kilda RoadMelbourneVic.3004...
the body, and, therefore, increasing attention has been focused on its potential as a therapeutic agent with cytoprotective properties and a potent inhibitory action on a wide variety of functions in endocrine diseases, cancer and gastrointestinal haemorrhage, including bleeding from oesophageal varices....
Somatostatin, somatostatin analogues and other vasoactive drugs in the treatment of bleeding oesophageal varices Somatostatin and its analogues have been compared with a variety of other treatments for the treatment of variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients. Meta-ana... RD Franchis - 《Digestive & Li...
Acrylate glue injection is seldom performed in patients with bleeding oesophageal varices. Aim To assess efficacy and safety of acrylate glue injection in patients with bleeding oesophageal varices, as well as the impact of this technique on subsequent variceal ligation. Methods Prospective study on 133...