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Endoscopy 1982; 14(4): 115-118
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1021596
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Injection Sclerotherapy of Esophageal Varices

A.D. Jorge
  • III Chair of Clinical Medicine, The School of Medicine, University of Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina
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17 March 2008 (online)

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Summary

Forty-one patients with hepatic cirrhosis of alcoholic etiology and esophageal varices were subjected to endoscopic sclerotherapy. Four patients were treated during the intervals between hemorrhages; thirty after their first hemorrhage and 7 prophylactically. Propranolol was administered to 5 patients, in doses of 60 - 80 mg daily. The survival rate for a period of 5 to 16 months was 83 %. No complications attributable to the procedure were observed.

Key words:

Esophageal varices - Sclerotherapy - Success rate