title: [The role of sclerotherapy in the treatment of esophageal varices in children].
abstract: The authors presented the actual views and their own results of using sclerotherapy in children with oesophageal varices. Oesophageal varices exist almost every time as a most dangerous complication in patients with portal hypertension. Acute haemorrhage caries a high mortality and the extremely important priority is control of bleeding as soon as possible. Traditional conservative methods of treatment often do not improve long-term survival and portal systematic shunt is rarely possible in patients under the age of 10. Because of it sclerotherapy may be proposed as a treatment of choice for children with oesophageal varices.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Otolaryngologicznej AM, Wrocławiu.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bochnia
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ziemski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rak
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dziewiszek
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions; C009644:varicocid
vernacular_title: Rola skleroterapii w leczeniu zylaków przełyku u dzieci.