A review of 15 years' experience in the use of sclerotherapy in the control of acute haemorrhage from oesophageal varices

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Abstract
The results of 15 years of sclerotherapy for acute variceal haemorrhage are reviewed retrospectively. One hundred and seventeen patients with portal hypertension received a total of 217 injections. Haemorrhage was controlled in 93 per cent of admissions. The mortality per injection was under 12 per cent, and the total admission mortality was 18 per cent. Even where a subsequent shunt was impracticable, sclerotherapy provided useful palliation with few serious complications.