as the procedure is perceived as unpleasant and has a small but not insignificant risk of complications. Predicting the presence of esophageal varices by a less-invasive means than ...

All patients underwent repeated EVL until esophageal varices were obliterated and required no further banding ... technical aspects of the EVL procedure (interval between sessions, number of ...

The current treatment calls for the banding of varices where endoscopists obliterate these veins with small rubber bands, ...

Gastric varices are present at the time of screening endoscopy in approximately 25% of patients with known cirrhosis; 18% of patients with known cirrhosis have both esophageal and gastric varices.