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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2021

Additional Benefits Conferred by Endoscopic Sclerotherapy to Liver Cirrhosis Patients Receiving Endoscopic Variceal Ligation.

Xuni He, Hanqing Chen, Mingming Zhang, Jiemin Hong, Peina Shi

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xuni HeGastroenterology Department, Ningbo Yinzhou No. 2 Hospital, Zhejiang, China.
Hanqing ChenGastroenterology Department, Ningbo Yinzhou No. 2 Hospital, Zhejiang, China.
Mingming ZhangGastroenterology Department, Ningbo Yinzhou No. 2 Hospital, Zhejiang, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8354-422X
Jiemin HongGastroenterology Department, Ningbo Yinzhou No. 2 Hospital, Zhejiang, China.
Peina ShiGastroenterology Department, Ningbo Yinzhou No. 2 Hospital, Zhejiang, China.
Ningbo No. 2 Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveGastroesophageal varices are a direct consequence of portal hypertension in cirrhosis. The management of gastroesophageal varices has evolved over the last decade resulting in reduced mortality and morbidity rates. The study was aimed to analyze the short-term and long-term efficacy of different endoscopic methods in the treatment of gastric varices in cirrhotic patients.

methodsFrom January 2016 to December 2019, 135 patients with liver cirrhosis and gastric varices undergoing different endoscopic treatment protocols were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were divided into three groups according to endoscopic variceal ligation, endoscopic sclerotherapy, and a combination of both, respectively. Main outcomes including the overall response rate, hemostasis, short- and long-term rebleeding (3 months before and after treatment), complication, blood pressure, heart rate, portal venous pressure (PVP), portal vein diameter (PVD), portal vein velocity (PVV), portal vein blood flow (PVF) detected by ultrasound, recurrence rate, and mortality were analyzed after treatments.

resultsThe overall response rate in the combined group was higher than that in the ligation group and the sclerotherapy group (

conclusionEndoscopic variceal ligation combined with endoscopic sclerotherapy is more effective than both alone in treating liver cirrhosis and gastric varices. The combined therapy contributed to reduced short-term and long-term rebleeding rate, decreased long-term recurrence rate, and mortality.

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