oesophageal varices

Oesophageal varices have been treated by band ligation since the late 1980s.

Bleeding from oesophageal varices carries a high mortality.

Another example of a V1 agonist is terlipressin - which is used in oesophageal varices.

Peptic ulcer disease and oesophageal varices - Laser photoablation is done.

All had oesophageal varices at endoscopy.

The blood group was named after patient Auberger, who was a 59 year old French woman with oesophageal varices.

Endoscopic sclerotherapy is the cornerstone for both acute and elective management of bleeding oesophageal varices.

Seventeen of the 46 patients allocated to surgical therapy experienced documented bleeding from oesophageal varices after randomisation.

This is used in the treatment of refractory ascites, bleeding from oesophageal varices and hepatorenal syndrome.

Similarly, bleeding from oesophageal varices that have not responded to repeated sessions of injection sclerotherapy is a further indication for surgical intervention.

The report concluded that Redding died from "shock haemorrhage due to oesophageal varices in reaction to cirrhosis of the liver".

Ascites and gastrointestinal bleeding caused by ruptured oesophageal varices are frequent consequences of severe portal hypertension.

Twenty of the patients had portal hypertension, shown by the presence of endoscopically proved oesophageal varices, with or without splenomegaly.

Injection sclerotherapy is now the accepted first line treatment for bleeding oesophageal varices, although it is associated with an impressive list of rare complications.

Patients readmitted to hospital with gastrointestinal bleeding shown endoscopically to be from oesophageal varices were classified as having failed surgical therapy.

Most are a direct continuation of oesophageal varices and may respond to injection sclerotherapy from reflux of sclerosant below the cardia.

Patient 2 was readmitted two months after TIPSS with a further bleed from oesophageal varices.

This can also occur in the oesophagus, causing oesophageal varices, and at the level of the umbilicus, causing caput medusae.

Oesophageal transection and devascularisation are satisfactory for many patients with oesophageal varices secondary to cirrhosis and should nearly always control bleeding.

Liver disease, peptic ulcers, oesophageal varices, pancreatitis and malabsorption are all progressive and potentially fatal while the addiction to alcohol continues.

Repeat sclerotherapy may be effective for small oesophageal varices while liver transplantation may be indicated in the patient with deteriorating liver function.

He is well known for the description of his operation Hassab's decongestion operation for the treatment of oesophageal varices as a result of portal hypertension.

Securing the airway is a top priority in hematemesis patients, especially those with a disturbed conscious level (hepatic encephalopathy in oesophageal varices patient.)

Randomised controlled trials in patients with chronic liver disease have shown that endoscopic sclerotherapy reduces the risk of rebleeding from oesophageal varices and may prolong survival.

In medicine (gastroenterology), esophageal varices (or oesophageal varices) are extremely dilated sub-mucosal veins in the lower third of the esophagus.