title: [Percutaneous transhepatic and transileocolic obliteration with absolute ethanol for the treatment of bleeding gastroesophageal varices].
abstract: Embolization of bleeding gastroesophageal varices with absolute ethanol performed in the recent two years was reported. The treatment was carried out either by means of percutaneous transhepatic or transileocolic obliteration. Obliteration treatment was attempted in 42 cases, among which 20 were transhepatic and 22 transileocolic. 16 of the 20 and 17 of the 22 were effectively obliterated with a total success rate of 78.6%. Two control groups of bleeding varices, one of 45 cases treated with conventional medical methods and the other of 53 cases treated with endoscopic sclerotherapy, were studied to compare the results. The efficacy for control of active bleeding in the obliteration, conventional and sclerotherapy groups were 100%, 84.1%, and 91% respectively, while the rebleeding rate was 27.2%, 31.5% and 23.2% and mortality rate (due to rebleeding) 12.1%, 31.5% and 11.6% respectively. The control of active bleeding, the results in the three groups were more or less similar, but the rebleeding rate was much lower in the obliteration and sclerotherapy groups than in the conventional group. However, sclerotherapy requires longer time and yields more complications than obliteration is a valuable therapeutic measure in controlling variceal bleeding and preventing rebleeding.
authors.forename: Y Q
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tao
mesh_terms: D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000628:therapy*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol