In liver cirrhotic patients, thrombocytopenia and splenomegaly represent independent predictors of large esophageal varices. [4,5] Decreased prothrombin activity and increased ultrasonographic portal ...

Esophageal varices develop in 5%-10% of patients with cirrhosis annually. Esophageal varices are more likely to bleed than gastric varices, although gastric variceal hemorrhage may be more severe. All ...

Treatments (NSBB, isosorbide mononitrate, carvedilol, variceal band ligation) were compared as monotherapy or as combination therapy with each other or versus placebo. For cirrhotic patients with ...

Gastroesophageal variceal bleeding was common in patients with portal vein thrombosis without cirrhosis. The progression of varices at high risk for bleeding were similar to the development of varices ...

Patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease often had indications of portal hypertension and esophageal varices, most commonly among those with advanced fibrosis, in a recent study. Researchers ...

Objective. Although higher hospital volume has been associated with better outcomes for many surgical procedures, this relationship does not appear to hold for most common medical diagnoses. We ...

Garcia-Tsao G, Abraldes JG, Berzigotti A, et al. Portal hypertensive bleeding in cirrhosis: risk stratification, diagnosis, and management: 2016 practice guidance by the American Association for the ...

A controlled trial conducted by researchers in Taiwan suggests that a combination of band ligation and nadolol may not be the most effective prophylaxis for first variceal bleeding resulting from ...

In a recent study, researchers determined carvedilol was more effective in the prevention of variceal hemorrhaging than variceal band ligation, a common treatment used for the past 20 years. Patients ...

A combined therapy of EVL and a nonselective β-blocker is an effective approach for the secondary prophylaxis of patients with variceal hemorrhages Patients with cirrhosis are susceptible to portal ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. To determine if patient and procedure-related outcomes following EVL are influenced by the number of bands placed at EVL. This 5-year, single ...