Balloon catheter-assisted endoscopic sclerotherapy for gastric fundal varices using alpha-cyanoacrylate monomer

We present two patients with bleeding episodes from gastric fundal varices. The gastric fundal varices were treated by balloon catheter-assisted endoscopic sclerotherapy using alpha-cyanoacrylate monomer. The varices were successfully obliterated with no complications or hemodynamic changes to the g...

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Published inJournal of clinical gastroenterology Vol. 33; no. 1; p. 49
Main Authors Imazu, H, Matsui, T, Kobayasi, Y, Noguchi, R, Miyamoto, Y, Kawata, M, Nakatani, T, Nakayama, M, Fukui, H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.07.2001
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Angiography
Catheterization - instrumentation
Cyanoacrylates - administration & dosage
Esophageal and Gastric Varices - diagnostic imaging
Esophageal and Gastric Varices - therapy
Female
Gastric Fundus
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - diagnostic imaging
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - therapy
Gastroscopes
Humans
Sclerotherapy - instrumentation
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Summary:We present two patients with bleeding episodes from gastric fundal varices. The gastric fundal varices were treated by balloon catheter-assisted endoscopic sclerotherapy using alpha-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.
ISSN:0192-0790
DOI:10.1097/00004836-200107000-00012