Balloon tamponade with a Linton-Nachlas or Sengstaken-Blakemore tube can be a bridge to endoscopic therapy in massive variceal hemorrhage. Care should be taken to prevent insufflation of the gastric ...

Ultrasonography-guided cyanoacrylate injection is more effective than direct endoscopic injection for treating bleeding in gastric varices with spontaneous shunts.

Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina revealed the need to clarify current treatment guidelines for octreotide therapy following an esophageal variceal hemorrhage in a recent study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The CHESS-ALARM score was a better predictor of esophageal varices requiring treatment in ...