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  2. Esophageal varices - Wikipedia

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    Esophageal varices seven days after banding, showing ulceration at the site of banding. The upper two thirds of the esophagus are drained via the esophageal veins, which carry deoxygenated blood from the esophagus to the azygos vein, which in turn drains directly into the superior vena cava. These veins have no part in the development of ...

  3. Banding (medical) - Wikipedia

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    Banding is a medical procedure which uses elastic bands for constriction. Banding may be used to tie off blood vessels in order to stop bleeding, as in the treatment of bleeding esophageal varices. [1] The band restricts blood flow to the ligated tissue, so that it eventually dies and sloughs away from the supporting tissue.

  4. Sengstaken–Blakemore tube - Wikipedia

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    The esophageal balloon should not remain inflated for more than six hours, to avoid necrosis. The gastric lumen is used to aspirate stomach contents. [citation needed] Generally, Sengstaken–Blakemore tubes and Minnesota tubes are used only in emergencies where bleeding from presumed varices is impossible to control with medication alone.

  5. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy - Wikipedia

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    Treatment (banding/sclerotherapy) of esophageal varices; Injection therapy (e.g., epinephrine in bleeding lesions) Cutting off of larger pieces of tissue with a snare device (e.g., polyps, endoscopic mucosal resection) Application of cautery to tissues; Removal of foreign bodies (e.g., food) that have been ingested

  6. Wale mark - Wikipedia

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    Endoscopic image of esophageal varices being ligated with rubber bands. The varix being ligated has a longitudinal red mark on it, termed the wale mark. A wale mark, red wale sign or wale sign is an endoscopic sign suggestive of recent hemorrhage, or propensity to bleed, seen in individuals with esophageal varices at the time of endoscopy.

  7. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding - Wikipedia

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    This is typically in addition to endoscopic banding or sclerotherapy for the varices. [21] If this is sufficient then beta blockers and nitrates may be used for the prevention of re-bleeding. [21] If bleeding continues then balloon tamponade with a Sengstaken-Blakemore tube or Minnesota tube may be used in an attempt to mechanically compress ...

  8. Therapeutic endoscopy - Wikipedia

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    Sclerotherapy has also been used in the treatment of gastric varices since the late 1980s. [5] In this case Histoacryl glue (cyanoacrylate) is commonly used as the sclerosant. [6] This technique is favoured over band ligation because the position of the varices in the stomach, most often in the gastric fundus, makes the placing of bands very ...

  9. Gastrointestinal bleeding - Wikipedia

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    This is in addition to endoscopic banding or sclerotherapy for the varices. [13] If this is sufficient then beta blockers and nitrates may be used for the prevention of re-bleeding. [ 13 ] If bleeding continues, balloon tamponade with a Sengstaken-Blakemore tube or Minnesota tube may be used in an attempt to mechanically compress the varices ...