Portal-vein embolization after sclerotherapy treatment of bleeding gastric varices: report of a case with long-term follow-up

Gastrointest Endosc. 2009 May;69(6):1176-8. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.07.006. Epub 2009 Jan 18.

Authors

Kai-Lun Shih¹, Hsu-Heng Yen, Maw-Soan Soon

Affiliation

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Changhua Christian Medical Center, Changhua, Taiwan.

PMID: 19152907
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.07.006

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Embolism / chemically induced*
Embolism / diagnostic imaging
Enbucrilate / adverse effects*
Enbucrilate / therapeutic use
Esophageal and Gastric Varices / diagnostic imaging
Esophageal and Gastric Varices / therapy*
Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials / diagnostic imaging
Follow-Up Studies
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / therapy*
Gastroscopy
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / complications
Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / diagnostic imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Phlebography
Portal Vein* / diagnostic imaging
Remission, Spontaneous
Sclerotherapy / adverse effects*
Stomach / blood supply
Tissue Adhesives / adverse effects*
Tissue Adhesives / therapeutic use
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Tissue Adhesives
Enbucrilate