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 ...

Background and Aims: Recent progress in the treatment of variceal bleeding might have reduced the impact of variceal bleeding on survival in patients with esophageal varices. We conducted a ...

Enlarged blood vessels around your esophagus are called varices. If they rupture, it may be fatal. Variceal banding is a procedure that prevents and treats these ruptures. Advanced liver conditions, ...

Gastrointestinal bleeding is common among people with cirrhosis due to a complication called portal hypertension. This is elevated blood pressure in the veins that lead to your liver. Cirrhosis is ...

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 ...