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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Variceal bleeding"”.
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An analysis of prognostic, endoscopic and transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic salvage shunting factors influencing rebleeding and death in portal hypertensive patients with life-threatening variceal bleeding
The management of refractory variceal bleeding constitutes one of the most difficult and complex life-threatening emergencies in surgical gastroenterology. Over the past four decades the treatment of variceal bleeding has evolved and improved with the consequence that mortality has decreased …
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Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy in the treatment of bleeding oesophageal varices in patients with portal hypertension due to alcohol-induced cirrhosis : an assessment of acute control of bleeding, prevention of recurrent bleeding and prognostic factors predicting early variceal rebleeding and death
The ideal treatment of portal hypertension and bleeding varices should be universally effective, safe, easy to administer and inexpensive. Currently no such treatment exists and the surgeon or physician is obliged to select the most appropriate intervention from a menu of currently available …
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Advantages of MesoRex shunt compared with distal splenorenal shunt for extrahepatic portal vein occlusion in children
… one child with MRS experienced 2 episodes of variceal bleeding despite having patent shunt with adequate flow (more than 20cm/second). However, no further surgical intervention was needed, and the bleeding resolved spontaneously. Conclusion: This study highlights that MesoRex shunt has a …
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Portal hypertension in cirrhosis and its associated pulmonary vascular disorders
… tests. Current drugs used in PH to prevent variceal bleeding in the chronic setting, are limited to β-adrenoreceptor blockers, with many patients failing to respond. There is a current unmet need to identify new therapeutic targets for drug treatments. This research aimed to identify novel …
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Experiencia y porcentaje de complicaciones de las derivaciones portosistémicas intrahepáticas transyugulares en la Fundación Cardioinfantil
La derivación portosistémica intrahepática transyugular (TIPS) es una técnica importante en el manejo de las complicaciones de la hipertensión portal, en especial en aquellos pacientes candidatos a trasplante hepático. Se trata de un estudio observacional analítico, sin riesgo, en el cual se …