A New Endoscopic Balloon for Sclerotherapy in Active Bleeding from Esophageal Varices
- 1 May 1985
- journal article
- new methods-and-new-instruments
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Endoscopy
- Vol. 17 (03) , 113-114
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-1018474
Abstract
A new balloon for flexible endoscopes has been developed and used in 25 patients with esophageal varices: sclerotherapy was carried out as prophylaxis against rebleeding in 17 cases, and during active hemorrhage in 8 cases. The balloon was shown to be effective in controlling hemorrhage and enabling sclerosing injections to be carried out, both in emergency and in cases of bleeding response to injections.Keywords
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