Gastroesophagic Varices - 66 - Year - Old Man (1 of 7)

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This patient of 66 year-old male who has alcoholic hepatic cirrhosis had been hospitalized in a hospital of national insurance in San Salvador due to a massive bleeding of the upper digestive track a Sengstaken-Blakemore tube had been placed, after ten day of hospitalization the hemorrhage had been continuing, the physicians in that hospital wanted to performed a surgical procedure explained to the patient the high morbi-mortality, patient and his relatives declining that surgery. patient was preferred to our unit performing histoacryl injection in the operation room stopping the hemorrhage, tree shot of histoacryl injection was carry out.

tags: varices bleeding histoacrylate Sengstaken - Blakemore

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