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Treatment of Oesophageal Varices

Author(s) -

J Terblanche

Publication year - 1979

Publication title -

journal of the royal society of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38

H-Index - 81

eISSN - 1758-1095

pISSN - 0141-0768

DOI - 10.1177/014107687907200301

Subject(s) - varices , computer science , medicine , general surgery , world wide web , data science , information retrieval , gastroenterology , cirrhosis

Patients with oesophageal varic reatment under two separate sets of circumstances. These are for the management of acute variceal bleeding and for treatment to prevent recurrent variceal bleeding after a previous haemorrhage. Treatment in both areas remains controversial. In managing acute variceal bleeding it is essential to confirm that the haemorrhage is from oesophageal varices. Thus, emergency endoscopy is mandatory in all patients with massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding in whom bleeding varices

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