title: [Effect of food characteristics on rate of hemorrhagic complications and early results of endoscopic sclerosing treatment of esophageal varices].
abstract: To evaluate the possible influence of the trauma of swallowing solids on the outcome and complication rate of endoscopic injection sclerotherapy we carried out a prospective randomized trial in 46 cirrhotics undergoing sclerotherapy because of recent or acute variceal bleeding. The patients were randomly assigned to mashed food (24 = group A) or normal solid food (22 = group B). Both groups were comparable according to age, sex, Child classes, size of the varices and patients undergoing emergency sclerotherapy (8 in each group). Duration of hospital care (A 26.6, B 27.3 days) (means), number of endoscopic studies (A 4.7, B 4.6), number of sclerotherapy sessions (A 2.4, B 2.5) and required amount of Polidicanol in each patient (A 62.7, B 56.4 ml) were not different. Variceal eradication was achieved in 13 cases in A, in 14 in B. III degrees varices remained in 6 patients in A (3 quit against advice before completing ST) and in 1 case in group B. Staple-gun transection and devascularization because of recurrent bleeding were necessary in 2 cases in A and in 1 case in B. Death occurred in 2 cases in A (liver failure), in 4 cases in B (3 cases of liver failure and in 1 case with recurrent bleeding, without operation because of hepatocellular carcinoma). Episodes of acute massive bleeding from varices or esophageal ulcers occurred 9 times in group A and 10 times in group B. Minor bleedings occurred 10 times in A and 9 times in B. Transfusion requirement was 110 units of packed red cells in A and 106 in B.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik, Florence-Nightingale-Krankenhaus, Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaufmann
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Strohmeyer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000379:methods*; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005526:Food, Formulated; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Einfluss der Nahrungsbeschaffenheit auf Blutungskomplikationsrate und Frühergebnis der endoskopischen Sklerosierungsbehandlung von Osophagusvarizen.