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GENERAL RULES FOR RECORDING ENDOSCOPIC FINDINGS OF ESOPHAGOGASTRIC VARICES (2ND EDITION)
Author(s) -
Tajiri Takashi,
Yoshida Hiroshi,
Obara Katsutoshi,
Onji Morikazu,
Kage Masayoshi,
Kitano Seigo,
Kokudo Norihiro,
Kokubu Shigehiro,
Sakaida Isao,
Sata Michio,
Tajiri Hisao,
Tsukada Kazuhiro,
ami Toshiaki,
Hashizume Makoto,
Hirota Shouzou,
Murashima Naoya,
Moriyasu Fuminori,
Saigenji Katsunori,
Makuuchi Hiroyasu,
Oho Kazuhiko,
Yoshida Tomoharu,
Suzuki Hiroaki,
Hasumi Akitake,
Okita Kiwamu,
Futagawa Shunji,
Idezuki Yasuo
Publication year - 2010
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.1443-1661.2009.00929.x
Subject(s) - medicine , portal hypertensive gastropathy , esophageal varices , portal hypertension , endoscopic ultrasonography , varices , radiology , endoscopy , general surgery , gastroenterology , cirrhosis
General rules for recording endoscopic findings of esophageal varices were initially proposed in 1980 and revised in 1991. These rules have widely been used in Japan and other countries. Recently, portal hypertensive gastropathy has been recognized as a distinct histological and functional entity. Endoscopic ultrasonography can clearly depict vascular structures around the esophageal wall in patients with portal hypertension. Owing to progress in medicine, we have updated and slightly modified the former rules. The revised rules are simpler and more straightforward than the former rules and include newly recognized findings of portal hypertensive gastropathy and a new classification for endoscopic ultrasonographic findings.