Abstract
Sclerotherapy or banding for oesophageal varices?
Highlights
Leakage of the pancreaticojejunal anastomosis has been a major complication after pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple operation), frequently reported in an incidence of 5 percent to 15 percent
Background/Aims: Endoscopic variceal ligation and endoscopic sclerotherapy are both recommended for the prevention of variceal rebleeding
The authors are to be commended on the study design and careful documentation of clinical outcome parameters in the follow-up, which include rebleeding episodes, recurrence of varices, development of portal hypertensive gastropathy and gastric varices after successful obliteration of varices
Summary
Leakage of the pancreaticojejunal anastomosis has been a major complication after pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple operation), frequently reported in an incidence of 5 percent to 15 percent. S. (1997) Prospective randomised trial of endoscopic sclerotherapy versus variceal band ligation for esophageal varices: influence on gastropathy, gastric varices and variceal recurrence. Their influence on gastric varices and the development of portal gastropathy, 95 patients with variceal bleeding were studied.
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