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Sclerotherapy Summary

Description: Treatment of varicose veins, hemorrhoids, gastric and esophageal varices, and peptic ulcer hemorrhage by injection or infusion of chemical agents which cause localized thrombosis and eventual fibrosis and obliteration of the vessels.

Also Known As: Sclerotherapies

Networked: 3889 relevant articles (510 outcomes, 524 trials/studies) for this Therapy

Key Diseases for which Sclerotherapy is Relevant

  1. Hemorrhage : 170 outcomes 200 studies in 1318 results
  2. Varicose Veins (Varicose Vein) : 130 outcomes 123 studies in 1066 results
  3. Esophageal and Gastric Varices (Esophageal Varices) : 84 outcomes 129 studies in 922 results
  4. Cysts : 50 outcomes 26 studies in 238 results
  5. Varicocele : 27 outcomes 12 studies in 149 results
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Drugs Related to Sclerotherapy

  1. Ethanol (Ethyl Alcohol)
  2. Picibanil
  3. polidocanol (Laureth)
  4. Octreotide (Sandostatin)
  5. Propranolol (Inderal)
  6. Somatostatin (Somatotropin Release-Inhibiting Factor)
  7. ethanolamine oleate (Ethamolin)
  8. Enbucrilate
  9. Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate (Sotradecol)
  10. Doxycycline (Vibramycin)
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Therapies Related to Sclerotherapy

  1. Ligation
  2. Catheters
  3. Laser Therapy (Surgery, Laser)
  4. Injections
  5. Surgical Portasystemic Shunt (Portosystemic Shunt)
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