This study is registered at https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/.The registration identification number is NCT04639323.
BACKGROUND We invented Endoscopic Ruler,a new endoscopic device to measure the size of varices in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension.AIM To assess the feasibility and safety of Endoscopic Ruler,and evalua...
Aims: To assess N-2-butyl cyanoacrylate injection’s effectiveness and safety in the treatment of gastric varix hemorrhage. Methods: Endoscopic treatment with N-Butyl-2-cyanoacrylate injection was performed on 32 pati...
BACKGROUND Portal vein thrombosis(PVT)is a frequent complication occurring in 5%to 26%of cirrhotic patients candidates for liver transplantation(LT).In cases of extensive portal and or mesenteric vein thrombosis,compl...
BACKGROUND Vibration-controlled transient elastography(VCTE)is proposed as a second step of examination to assess liver fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD)after triaging by the fibrosis-4...
Purposes: Hypofibrinogenemia is usually complicated with severe and massive upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, especially in liver cirrhosis. In Japan, neither fibrinogen concentrate nor cryoprecipitate (CRYO) is a...
Massive gastrointestinal bleeding from gastrointestinal varices is one of the most serious complications in patients with portal hypertension. However, if no bleeding point can be detected by endoscopy in the predilec...
Background:Developmental venous anomaly (DVA),previously known as 'venous angioma',is the most common cerebral vascular malformation,but hemispheric DVA is extremely rare.Case presentation:In this article we present a...
AIM:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate in treating acute bleeding of gastric varices in children.METHODS:The retrospective study included 21 children with 47 episodes of active gastric vari...
Life-threatening hemorrhage rarely occurs from the portal vein following blunt hepatic trauma.Traditionally,severe portal bleeding in this setting has been controlled by surgical techniques such as packing,ligation,an...