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18053218

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-1-25
pubmed:abstractText
Although commonly detectable in patients with cirrhosis, rectal varices only infrequently cause significant hematochezia (0.5-3.6%). While they may be expected to resolve with treatment of the concomitant portal hypertension, there is currently no standardized approach to their management in isolation. Therefore many authorities recommend transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunting (TIPS) as a means of alleviating otherwise recalcitrant bleeding. Conceptually, however, rectal varices should be as amenable to local therapies as are their counterparts occurring at the esophagogastric junction. In this report, we describe the use of endoscopic banding per ano to alleviate significant rectal bleeding in a patient with poorly controlled portal hypertension. This allowed medical optimisation so that the underlying pathology could be controlled without recourse to TIPS or other means of creating a formal portosystemic shunt.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1749-7922
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
32
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-2
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Hematochezia in a patient with liver cirrhosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. rcahill@rcsi.ie.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article