Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: RESULTS: Within 2 weeks of treatment, 52% of patients had a history of significant variceal bleeding, and 12% had active gastric variceal bleeding at the time of injection. The rate of immediate hemostasis was 100%. Gastric variceal bleeding recurred in 4% of patients (mean follow-up 11 months). The overall mortality rate was 12%; the bleeding-related mortality rate was 4%. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Daniel S Rengstorff, Kenneth F Binmoeller |
Journal | Gastrointestinal endoscopy
(Gastrointest Endosc)
Vol. 59
Issue 4
Pg. 553-8
(Apr 2004)
ISSN: 0016-5107 [Print] United States |
PMID | 15044898
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Cyanoacrylates
- Tissue Adhesives
- octyl 2-cyanoacrylate
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Topics |
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Cyanoacrylates
(administration & dosage)
- Embolization, Therapeutic
(methods)
- Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
- Esophageal and Gastric Varices
(diagnosis, therapy)
- Female
- Gastric Fundus
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pilot Projects
- Prospective Studies
- Sclerotherapy
(methods)
- Tissue Adhesives
(administration & dosage)
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