The additive effect of sclerotherapy to patients receiving repeated endoscopic variceal ligation: A prospective, randomized trial

Hepatology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 391-395

  Lo, Gin Ho ^a,b   Lai, Kwok Hung ^a   Cheng, Jin Shiung ^a   Lin, Chiun K U ^a   Huang, Jia Sheng ^a   Hsu, Ping I ^a   Huang, Hui Chun ^a   Chiang, Hung Ting ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; SCLEROSING AGENT; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; LIGATION; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031879660     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510280215     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Lo GH, Lai KH, Ng WW, Tam TN, Lee SD, Tsai YT, Lo KJ. Injection sclerotherapy preceded by esophageal tamponade versus immediate sclerotherapy in arresting active variceal bleeding: a prospective randomized trial. Gastrointest Endosc 1992;38:421-424.
2. KorulaJ, Balart LA, Radvan G, Zweiban BE, Larson AW, Kao HW, Yamada S. A prospective, randomized controlled trial of chronic esophageal variceal sclerotherapy. HEPATOLOGY 1985;5:584-589.
3. Westaby D, Macdougall BR, Williams R. Improved survival following injection sclerotherapy for esophageal varices: final analysis of a controlled trial. HEPATOLOGY 1985;5:827-830.
4. Infante-Rivard C, Esnaola S, Villeneuve JP. Role of endoscopie variceal sclerotherapy in the long-term management of variceal bleeding: a meta-analysis. Gastroenterology 1989;96:1087-1092.
5. Schuman BM, Beckman JW, Tedesco FJ, Griffin JW Jr, Assad RT. Complications of endoscopic injection sclerotherapy: a review. Am J Gastroenterol 1987;82:823-830.
6. Stiegmann GV, Cambre T, Sun JH. A new endoscopie elastic band ligating device. Gastrointest Endosc 1986;32:230-233.
7. Stiegmann GV, Goff JS, Michaletz-Onody PA, Korula J, Lieberman D, Saeed ZA, Reveille M, et al. Endoscopie sclerotherapy as compared with endoscopie ligation for bleeding esophageal varices. N Engl J Med 1992;326:1527-1532.
8. Laine L, El-Newihi HM, Migikovsky B, Sloane R, Garcia E Endoscopic ligation compared with sclerotherapy for the treatment of bleeding esophageal varices. Ann Intern Med 1993;119:1-7.
9. Gimson AES, Ramage JK, Panos MZ, Hayllar K, Harrison PM, Williams R, Westaby D. Randomised trial of variceal banding ligation versus injection sclerotherapy for bleeding esophageal varices. Lancet 1993;342: 391-394.
10. Lo GH, Lai KH, Cheng JS, Hwu JH, Chang CE, Chen SM, Chiang HT. A prospective, randomized trial of sclerotherapy versus ligation in the management of bleeding esophageal varices. HEPATOLOGY 1995;22:466-471.
11. Hou MC, Lin HC, Kuo BIT, Chen CH, Lee FY, Lee SD. Comparison of endoscopie variceal injection sclerotherapy and ligation for the treat-ment of esophageal variceal hemorrhage: a prospective randomized trial. HEPATOLOGY 1995;21:1517-1522.
12. Pugh RNN, Murray-Lyon IM, Dawson JL, Pietroni MC, Williams R. Transection of esophagus for bleeding esophageal varices. Br J Surg 1973;60:646-649.
13. Beppu K, Inokuchi K, Koyanagi N, Nakayama S, Sakata H, Kitano S, Kobayashi M. Prediction of variceal hemorrhage by esophageal endos-copy. Gastrointest Endosc 1981;27:213-218.
14. Soehendra N, Grimm H, Nam VC, Berger B. Endoscopie obliteration of large esophagogastric varices with bucrylate. Endoscopy 1986;18:25-26.
15. Lo GH, Lai KH, Shen MT, Chang CE A comparison of the incidence of transient bacteremia and infectious sequelae after sclerotherapy and rubber band ligation of bleeding esophageal varices. Gastrointest Endosc 1994;40:675-679.
16. Cales P, Zabotto B, Meskens C, Caucans JP, Vinel JP, Desmorat H, Fermanian J, et al. Gastroesophageal endoscopie features in cirrhosis. Observer variablity, interassociations, and relationship to hepatic dysfunction. Gastroenterology 1990;98:156-162.
17. Kitano S, Koyanagi N, Iso Y, Higashi H, Sugimachi K. Prevention of recurrent esophageal varices after endoscopie injection sclerotherapy with ethanolamine oleate. HEPATOLOGY 1987;7:810-815.
18. Pitcher JL. Variceal sclerotherapy: The combination of thrombosclerosis and the intentional removal of the distal esophageal mucosa to treat variceal bleeding and to prevent variceal recurrence [Editorial]. HEPATOLOGY 1987;7:964-966.
19. Lo GH, Lai KH, Lee SD, Tsai YT, Lo KJ. Does propranolol maintain post-sclerotherapy variceal obliteration? A prospective randomized study. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1993;8:358-362.
20. Waked I, KorulaJ. Analysis of long-term endoscopie surveillance during follow-up after variceal sclerotherapy from a 13-year experience. Am J Med 1997;102:192-199.
21. Hashizume M, Ohta M, Ueno K, Tanoue K, Kitano S, Sugimachi K. Endoscopie ligation of esophageal varices compared with injection sclerotherapy: a prospective randomized trial. Gastrointest Endosc 1993;39:123-126.
22. Reveille RM, God JS, Stiegmann GV, Stauffer JT. Combination endoscopie variceal ligation (EVL) and low-volume endoscopie sclerotherapy (ES) for bleeding esophageal varices: a faster route to variceal eradication? [Abstract]. Gastrointest Endosc 1991:37:243.
23. Saeed ZA, Stiegmann GX Ramirez FC, Reveille RM, Goff JS, Hepps KS, Cole RA. Endoscopie variceal ligation is superior to combined ligation and sclerotherapy for esophageal varices: a multicenter prospective randomized trial. HEPATOLOGY 1997;25:71-74.
24. Laine L, Stein C, Sharma V Randomized comparison of ligation versus ligalion plus sclerotherapy in patients with bleeding esophageal varices. Gastroenterology 1996;110:529-533.
25. Laine L. Ligation: Endoscopie treatment of choice for patients with bleeding esophageal varices? [Editorial]. HEPATOLOGY 1995;22:663-665.