Efficacy of Endoscopic Esophageal Variceal Ligation in an Immunocompromised Host
作者:
Takahiro ZENDA,
Takaharu MASUNAGA,
Yasuo TAKEDA,
Hiroshi MABUCHI,
期刊:
Digestive Endoscopy
(WILEY Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 8,
issue 1
页码: 38-40
ISSN:0915-5635
年代: 1996
DOI:10.1111/j.1443-1661.1996.tb00411.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL);endoscopic injection sclerotherapy (EIS);common variable immunodeficiency syndrome;infectious sequela
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
Abstract:We successfully treated esophageal varices by endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) in a 50‐year‐old female patient with common variable immunodeficiency and liver cirrhosis secondary to hepatitis B. Under the existing disadvantageous conditions including the immunocompromised status, hyperal‐lergic reactions to several drugs, chronic pulmonary infection, and impaired hepatic function, we considered EVL to be of greater potential benefit than endoscopic injection sclerotherapy (EIS). This case highlights the possible merits of EVL over EIS, even in the presence of various restrictions, such as the immunocompromised condition of our pa
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