Post written by Calvin J. Koh, MBBS, FRCP, FASGE, from The Gastroenterology Group, Gleneagles Hospital, and the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National University Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore. The method of N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate and Lipiodol injection is more commonly used for hemostasis in gastric …
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Treatment for endoscopically obscured bleeding gastric varices
Raymond S. Tang, MD, from the Institute of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, in Hong Kong, China presents this VideoGIE case "EUS-guided cyanoacrylate injection for treatment of endoscopically obscured bleeding gastric varices." Variceal bleeding is still a potentially lethal adverse event of cirrhosis. While resuscitation, early use of …
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