Kanagawa et al. first described the BRTO procedure with use of a 5% ethanolamine-oleate–iopamidol mixture in 32 patients with fundal gastric varices in Japan in 1996. 4 In this procedure, the ...

Endoscopic obturation of varices with tissue glue (which hardens on contact with blood) has emerged as the endoscopic therapy of choice for patients with bleeding gastric varices. 10 Transjugular ...

Gastric varices were described in a number of articles appearing in the German literature in the 1930's. 8–10 Two of these early authors noted the similarity of the appearance of gastric varices ...

Out of all the hemorrhage happening in the varices, gastric varices (GVs) contribute about 10-30%. Subsequent to spontaneous hemostasis, there tend to be about 35-90% of re-bleeding.

Gastric varices (GV) are enlarged submucosal veins that are capable of causing hazardous bleeding at the upper gastrointestinal tract. Generally, GV are identified in patients suffering from ...

Gastric varices have been increasingly recognized as a major cause of gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with portal hypertension. The authors carried out endoscopic sclerotherapy successfully ...

Gastric varices are prone to bleeding, and this is associated with high mortality and poor prognosis. Current treatments 2.2 Treatments for gastric varices include non-selective beta-blockers, balloon ...

1.1 Evidence on the safety and efficacy of transvenous obliteration of gastric varices is adequate in the short term but limited in the long term. Therefore, this procedure should only be used with ...

Etiologies of splenic venous hypertension. Xia & He Publishing Inc. Journal Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology DOI 10.14218/JCTH.2024.00054 ...

Coffee ground vomitus is vomit that looks like coffee grounds due to the presence of old blood. Possible causes include gastric ulcers, esophageal varices, gastritis, and more. The amount of time ...

The new method will treat bleeding stomach veins (gastric varices) using a procedure called endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) by finding the bleeding vessels and blocking them using a special glue and coils ...