Open AccessBleeding oesophageal varices: Therapeutic options
Author(s) -
Pavlović Ar,
Miodrag Krstić,
Srdjan Djuranović,
D. S. Popović,
Ivan Jovanović,
Dj. Culafić,
N.S. Mijalkovic,
S Krstić,
Tomica Milosavljević,
Predrag Peško
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
acta chirurgica iugoslavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0887
pISSN - 0354-950X
DOI - 10.2298/aci0701139p
Subject(s) - medicine , balloon tamponade , esophageal varices , varices , hemostasis , sclerotherapy , endoscopy , esophagus , upper gastrointestinal bleeding , surgery , hepatology , gastroenterology , portal hypertension , cirrhosis
Emergency endoscopy plays the most important role in diagnosis and treatment of patients with esophageal variceal bleeding. Endoscopic sclerotherapy (EST), placement of esophageal band ligatures (EVL), medicamentous treatment using somatostatin and its derivatives and balloon tamponade are the methods most frequently applied in treatment of the bleeding esophageal varices.