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A Device for Simultaneous Application of Sclerotherapy and Endoscopic Ligation for Management of Esophageal Varices
Author(s) -
MURASHIMA Naoya,
KOBAYASHI Masahiro,
KOBAYASHI Mizuho,
TSUBOTA Akihito,
SUZUKI Yoshiyuki,
SAITOH Satoshi,
ARASE Yasuji,
CHAYAMA Kazuaki,
IKEDA Kenji,
KUMADA Hiromitsu
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
digestive endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.5
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1443-1661
pISSN - 0915-5635
DOI - 10.1111/j.1443-1661.1999.tb00025.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sclerotherapy , ligation , esophageal varices , endoscope , varices , balloon , surgery , endoscopy , radiology , portal hypertension , cirrhosis
A device developed for simultaneous application of sclerotherapy and endoscopic variceal ligation to treat esophageal varices is described. This device took less than 14 sec to attach to the endoscope, compared to 71 sec using the conventional device. The success rate of intravariceal injection using a 3‐cm or 4‐cm long hemostatic balloon or a conventional balloon was not significantly different. This device had the added advantage that simultaneous sclerotherapy and ligation were possible without changing the endoscope.