Two-year experience of management of bleeding esophageal varices with a coordinated treatment program based on injection sclerotherapy.

The results of 61 consecutive patients treated for bleeding esophageal varices with a coordinated multidisciplinary protocol are described. The primary form of treatment after vigorous resuscitation was fiberoptic endoscopic injection sclerotherapy under general anesthetic. Thirteen patients failed to be controlled by injection, and eight were able to be treated by percutaneous transhepatic embolization. Those patients who were unable to …