Diagnostic and therapeutic esophagogastroduodenoscopy in patients on the waiting list for liver transplantation

• Published in: Transplantologii͡a no. 3-4; pp. 5 - 9
• Main Authors: M. Sh. Khubutia, A. V. Chzhao, T. P. Pinchuk, E. I. Ermachenkova, A. O. Chugunov, E. V. Maslennikova, Yu. S. Teterin, S. S. Sogreshilin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: N.V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute for Emergency Medicine of Moscow Healthcare Department 01.08.2018
• Subjects: endoscopic ligation; esophagogastroduodenoscopy; infiltration hemostasis; liver scintigraphy; portal hypertension

Objective: to assess the results of the treatment and prevention of hemorrhage from the esophageal varices (EV) in patients on the waiting list (WL) for liver transplantation (LT).Subjects and methods. Twenty-seven patients with portal hypertension-complicated hepatic cirrhosis of various etiologies...