Abstract
We present two patients with bleeding episodes from gastric fundal varices. The gastric fundal varices were treated by balloon catheter-assisted endoscopic sclerotherapy using α-cyanoacrylate monomer. The varices were successfully obliterated with no complications or hemodynamic changes to the gastrorenal shunts. This procedure may be considered a novel, feasible approach to the treatment of gastric fundal varices in the future.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 49-52 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2001 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Balloon catheter
- Cyanoacrylate
- Endoscopic sclerotherapy
- Gastric fundal varices