title: Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy of esophageal varices. Considerations on the first 85 patients.
abstract: Eighty-five consecutive cases of esophageal varices treated by endoscopic sclerotherapy are analyzed retrospectively. Most of these cases (84.7%) were done in emergency in patients (60) with poor liver function. Bleeding was stopped in 94.4% of cases but 22% of them had at least one rebleeding episode. Only a few and minor complications were observed. The safety and the immediate good results obtained by the procedure recommend it as a primary measure in bleeding esophageal varices. Moreover the actual role of endoscopic sclerotherapy as an elective or prophylactic procedure in the treatment of hemorrhage from esophageal varices, is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004724:Endoscopy; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D012597:Sclerosing Solutions