Esophageal variceal bleeding was stopped in four patients with medical measures and sclerotherapy. Both patients with bleeding gastric varices were unresponsive to medical therapy and EIS ...

Endoscopic ligation compared with sclerotherapy for treatment of esophageal variceal ... Emergency banding ligation versus sclerotherapy for the control of active bleeding from esophageal varices.

[34] Similarly to sclerotherapy, ligation is performed every 10-14 days until the varices are eradicated, which typically requires 3 or 4 sessions, ie, fewer than with sclerotherapy. EST vs placebo.

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Gastric varices are present at the time of screening endoscopy in approximately 25% of patients with known cirrhosis; 18% of patients with known cirrhosis have both esophageal and gastric varices.