Beta blockers should be the first line of prevention against variceal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension. While banding is similarly effective in reducing the incidence of ...

Patients with cirrhosis are at risk of esophageal hemorrhage. The efficacy of endoscopic variceal band ligation (EVBL) for the prophylaxis of initial hemorrhage in patients with cirrhosis is unclear.

Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina revealed the need to clarify current treatment guidelines for octreotide therapy following an esophageal variceal hemorrhage in a recent study ...

Endoscopic band ligation (EBL) and nonselective β-blockade are two effective strategies in the primary prevention of variceal bleeding. Meta-analyses have shown an advantage of EBL over propranolol ...

In the whole series, 222 (73%) out of 304 patients were male and the median age was 52 years (range: 22-82 years). Liver cirrhosis was related to hepatitis B virus in 192 (63%) patients, alcohol ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Both primary endoscopic prophylaxis and secondary endoscopic prophylaxis were safe for the prevention of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Blood transfusion did not significantly improve the prognosis of patients with digestive bleeding by esophageal ...

In patients with isolated gastric varices type 1 (IGV1) with spontaneous shunts, endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)-guided cyanoacrylate injections were very effective at treating bleeding — achieving ...

Real-world dosing of regorafenib in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC): Final analysis of the prospective, observational REFINE study. An active trend of immunotherapy ...