Endoscopic esophageal varix ligation: technique and preliminary results in children.
A technique for treating esophageal variceal hemorrhage in children using endoscopically placed rubber ligatures was evaluated in six children. The method offers a major advantage over chemical obliteration of varices by sclerosants in the absence of systemic, local, or distant organ reactions and, perhaps, in the avoidance of esophageal motor dysfunction.
Hall
R J
RJ
Department of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver 80262.
Lilly
J R
JR
Stiegmann
G V
GV
D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004285:Dogs; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000601:surgery*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*