...Huma Qureshi; Sarwar J. Zuberi; Ejaz Alam Three treatment regimens were tried in 145 portal hypertensives with bleeding oesophageal varices to test the efficacy of each regimen in the prevention of rebleeding. Forty-seven cases received oral propranolol, 57 sclerotherapy, while 41 who did...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. 1999 Randomised controlled trial Cirrhosis Variceal bleeding Vasoactive drug Treatment Somatostatin Vasopressin Terlipressin Octreotide Sclerotherapy Digestion...

... from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. 1999 Portal hypertension Variceal bleeding Sclerotherapy Somatostatin Resource analysis Digestion 1999;60(suppl 3):35 37 Resource Analysis of Somatostatin in the Treatment of Bleeding...

...Alec Avgerinos Various treatment strategies have been used to control variceal bleeding, including drugs, esophageal tamponade, endoscopic sclerotherapy (ES), endoscopic variceal ligation, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt and emergency surgery. None of these procedures are ideal...