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Does multiple injection sclerotherapy have a role in the long-term management of oesophageal varices?
- Source :
- Postgraduate Medical Journal; Jul1982, Vol. 58 Issue 681, p399-402, 4p, 2 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 1982
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Abstract
- Sixty-nine cirrhotic patients were treated by injection sclerotherapy for bleeding oesophageal varices, with an emergency hospital mortality, from all causes, of 29%. The treatment of 35 of these continued with elective, long-term injections alone: 9 have so far survived more than 3 years, the longest being 5 years 4 months. The risk factor for rebleeding per patient month was 0·03 and, with its minimal complications, long-term sclerotherapy can be recommended as an alternative to portasystemic shunts for all grades of liver disease. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00325473
- Volume :
- 58
- Issue :
- 681
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Postgraduate Medical Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 66108571