Potentials of Endoscopic Combined Treatment of Esophageal Variceal Bleeding in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis
Evgeniy Fedorovich Cherednikov,
Igor Sergeevich Yuzefovich,
Sergey Viktorovich Barannikov
et al.
Abstract:Background. Treatment of variceal esophageal-gastric bleeding in patients with portal hypertension is an acute challenge in urgent surgery.The aim of study was to develop a technique and evaluate the immediate and long-term effectiveness of endoscopic ligation (EL) with the use of cytoprotective treatment.Materials and methods. The study included 106 patients who were treated at the City Clinical Emergency Hospital No. 1, Voronezh, Russia. The main group consisted of 54 patients who were treated using a develo… Show more
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