March 26, 2004 - Variceal ligation is as safe and effective as nadolol treatment for prevention of first variceal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis, according to a study from the March issue of ...

The varices were considered to have been eradicated when they had either disappeared or could not be grasped and banded by the ligator. Three months after the varices had been eradicated ...

10–12 A recent trial comparing propranolol with endoscopic variceal ligation for the primary prevention of variceal bleeding revealed that the actuarial rate of bleeding was 43 percent with ...

Two ways to prevent variceal bleeding are beta blockers and endoscopic variceal ligation, however it is unclear which is better for patients. To compare the safety and efficacy of the two ...

June 18, 2010 — Use of beta-blockers alone without endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) may be preferred for prophylaxis of first variceal bleeding, according to the results of a randomized trial ...

Endoscopic variceal ligation is cost-effective relative to beta-blockers for the prevention of variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients if quality of life-years are considered. If only life-years ...

Patients in the combined group received regular ligation treatment at an interval of 4 weeks until variceal obliteration. Nadolol was administered at a dose to reduce 25% of pulse rate in both groups.

Treatments (NSBB, isosorbide mononitrate, carvedilol, variceal band ligation) were compared as monotherapy or as combination therapy with each other or versus placebo. For cirrhotic patients with ...

This device, called a multiband ligator, allows the consecutive application of up to six rubber bands to the varices in one session without removing the endoscope. The device is attached to the ...

To describe an exceedingly rare case of spinal cord infarction following endoscopic variceal ligation. A 75-year-old woman with cirrhosis caused by hepatitis C virus, who was admitted to our ...

Endoscopy is useful in the diagnosis and treatment of bleeding esophagogastric varices. Three endoscopic techniques are currently used: endoscopic band ligation, endoscopic sclerotherapy and variceal ...