Acute Variceal Bleeding - Ligated Varix

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Case description

The image as wellas the video clip displays the cardias with varix ligated. Variceal banding or sclerotherapy. Endoscopic therapy, particularly variceal banding (also called ligation), may be used to treat and prevent variceal bleeding in the esophagus. In the past, sclerotherapy was the main treatment to stop a first episode of variceal bleeding, but it has fallen out of favor. Most doctors now prefer variceal banding because it works as well as sclerotherapy to stop bleeding and has fewer complications.

tags: endoscopy varices banding

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