New techniques: combined endoscopic injection sclerotherapy and ligation for acute bleeding from gastric varices.
OBJECTIVE
Combined endoscopic injection sclerotherapy and endoscopic variceal ligation was used for the treatment of acute bleeding from gastric varices.


METHODS
Between July 1995 and August 1998, three cirrhotic patients with acute bleeding from gastric varices were treated. Endoscopic variceal ligation of the puncture point and bleeding point was performed simultaneously.


RESULTS
Acute bleeding from the gastric varices was successfully stopped in all cases.


CONCLUSIONS
Combined endoscopic injection sclerotherapy and endoscopic variceal ligation can be used to stop bleeding and prevent rebleeding from gastric varices.
Yoshida
Hiroshi
H
First Department of Surgery, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan.
Onda
Masahiko
M
Tajiri
Takashi
T
Mamada
Yasuhiro
Y
Taniai
Nobuhiko
N
Mineta
Sho
S
Yoshioka
Masato
M
Hirakata
Atsushi
A
Yamashita
Kiyohiko
K
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004659:Enbucrilate; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000601:surgery*; D004945:Esophagoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000098:blood supply*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D014680:Veins / Q000601:surgery
D004659:Enbucrilate