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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-12-4
pubmed:abstractText
One hundred fifty-two patients with esophageal varices underwent a total of 485 injection sclerotherapy procedures (mean, 3.2 times per each case). During 5 years of observation, 20 cases (13.2%) died following injection sclerotherapy. The 3-year survival rates, based on the Kaplan-Meier method, were 42% for emergency cases, 75% for elective cases and 90% for prophylactic cases. Significant differences (P less than 0.05) by the generalized Wilcoxon test were observed in the survival rates between emergency cases and prophylactic cases, and also between elective cases and prophylactic cases. Two cases (8.6%) of failure to control acute hemostasis were experienced. Twenty cases of bleeding after sclerotherapy were experienced, and 8 died of bleeding. The three-year bleeding rate according to the Kaplan-Meier method was 59% for emergency cases, 25% for elective cases and 7% for prophylactic cases. A significant difference (P less than 0.05) by the generalized Wilcoxon test was observed in the bleeding rate between elective cases and prophylactic cases. Non-bleeding rate (100%-bleeding rate) after sclerotherapy showed almost the same values as the survival rate. These results indicate that upper digestive tract hemorrhage influences the prognosis of patients after sclerotherapy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0435-1339
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
469-75
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Long-term prognosis of esophageal variceal cases treated with injection sclerotherapy.
pubmed:affiliation
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article