Balloon catheter-assisted endoscopic sclerotherapy for gastric fundal varices using alpha-cyanoacrylate monomer.
We present two patients with bleeding episodes from gastric fundal varices. The gastric fundal varices were treated by balloon catheter-assisted endoscopic sclerotherapy using alpha-cyanoacrylate monomer. The varices were successfully obliterated with no complications or hemodynamic changes to the gastrorenal shunts. This procedure may be considered a novel, feasible approach to the treatment of gastric fundal varices in the future.
Imazu
H
H
Department of Gastroenterology, Nara Prefectural Nara Hospital, 1-30-1 Hiramatsu, Nara-shi, Nara 631-0846, Japan.
Matsui
T
T
Kobayasi
Y
Y
Noguchi
R
R
Miyamoto
Y
Y
Kawata
M
M
Nakatani
T
T
Nakayama
M
M
Fukui
H
H
D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003487:Cyanoacrylates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005748:Gastric Fundus; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D020699:Gastroscopes; D006801:Humans; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000295:instrumentation*
D003487:Cyanoacrylates; C040229:MK 6 cyanoacrylate