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Published on: June 18, 2020
[Technics in the treatment of gastroesophageal varices]
J Olejník1, L Sepesi, M Bátovský
1Chirurgická klinika NsP akad. L. Dérera, Bratislava.
Abstract:
In a prospective study based on contemporary knowledge of the problem of gastrooesophageal varices the authors submit the algorithm of the therapeutic procedure. Sclerotization treatment holds a dominant position, as it can be used in all stages of the disease and in all three groups of patients classified according to Child. In case of gastric varicosities which cannot be treated by sclerotization the method of choice in patients of groups Child A, B are ablative operations and selective portosystemic anastomoses, in concurrent hypersplein: azygo-portal separation.
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