title: [Endoscopic ligature of the esophageal varix].
abstract: 85 Patients with esophageal varix were treated by endoscopic ligature. Immediate hemostasis was obtained after the procedure in 36 of 39 patients with active bleeding esophageal varix (92.3%). The varix disappeared in 50 (58.5%) of the 85 patients after consecutive 3 to 4 procedures and ameliorated in the remaining patients.
authors.affiliation: First Hospital, Hunan Medical University, Changsha.
authors.forename: X Y
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000601:surgery*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged