Background and Aim: Endoscopic sclerotherapy has emerged as an effective treatment for bleeding esophageal varices both in adults and children but the long-term outcome is poorly defined in children.

Endoscopy is the primary diagnostic and therapeutic tool for upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB). The performance of endoscopic therapy depends on findings of stigmata of recent hemorrhage (SRH).

Sclerotherapy is a medical procedure used to eliminate varicose veins and spider veins. Sclerotherapy involves an injection of a solution (generally either a salt or sugar solution) directly into the ...

Sclerotherapy involves a doctor injecting a solution into blood vessels or lymph vessels that causes them to shrink. Generally, it is a safe and effective treatment that can help with varicose veins ...

Chronic venous insufficiency is a common disease in adulthood. One recently developed therapy for varicose veins is foam sclerotherapy. 1 We used foam sclerotherapy in a 51-year-old man and a ...

Between June 1982 and February 1992, 69 consecutive children underwent EIS for bleeding esophageal varices secondary to EXPVO. The demographic profile of these patients is presented in Table 1. Eleven ...