Endoscopic obliteration of large esophagogastric varices with bucrylate.
We report on three patients with severe recurrent bleeding from large esophagogastric varices which could not be controlled by conservative treatment or sclerotherapy. In these cases the bleeding was successfully arrested by intravascular injection of Bucrylate.
D000368:Aged; D002015:Bucrylate / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003487:Cyanoacrylates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006489:Hemostatic Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D003487:Cyanoacrylates; D002015:Bucrylate