Researchers found 80 percent of patients who developed esophageal dilatation after gastric banding required conversion to a different bariatric procedure or had the band removed, according to findings ...

Patients with cirrhosis are at risk of esophageal hemorrhage. The efficacy of endoscopic variceal band ligation (EVBL) for the prophylaxis of initial hemorrhage in patients with cirrhosis is unclear.

Patients with cirrhosis of the liver develop abnormally dilated blood vessels in esophagus. These are called esophageal varices. Blood vomiting may occur from the rupture of these varices, which may ...

The findings of the present study illustrate the importance of technical aspects of endoscopic variceal ligation in influencing the success of secondary prophylaxis. Our results identify a possible ...