Upper endoscopy typically serves as the primary diagnostic tool. This procedure involves passing a flexible scope with a camera through the mouth into the esophagus, stomach, and upper small ...

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Esophageal varices (EV) are one of the consequences of portal hypertension during cirrhosis. Their rupture leads to upper gastrointestinal bleeding, which is dreaded by its ...

THE prompt diagnosis of the cause of bleeding in patients with hemorrhage from the upper gastrointestinal tract is difficult. Patients bleeding from esophageal varices must be distinguished from th ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a symptom of a disease, condition, or injury affecting any part of the gastrointestinal tract. The GI tract includes the esophagus, ...

Background: upper digestive endoscopy is the best method for detecting esophageal varices, but its invasiveness and cost make it inaccessible to certain social classes. Aim: to evaluate the ...

Varices. These are abnormally enlarged veins usually located at the lower end of the esophagus or the upper stomach. They may break open and bleed.

Correlation between diameter of esophageal varices and early rebleeding following endoscopic variceal ligation: a multicenter retrospective study based on artificial intelligence-based endoscopic ...

Esophageal varices are swollen, thin-walled veins in the lower esophagus, the tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach. They develop in approximately 50% of people with portal hypertension ...

In Bucharest, Fierbinteanu-Braticevici et al. 7 analyzed 135 patients with cirrhosis using clinical examination, laboratory tests, abdominal ultrasound, LS and SS evaluation, and upper digestive ...

When compared with esophageal varices, GV differs in natural history, morphology, and pathophysiology. GV is rare occurring in about 33% of cases.

Doctors perform variceal banding via an upper endoscopy. They place tiny elastic bands around the varices using an endoscope, which is a thin, flexible tube with a light and camera on one end.

Another upper gastrointestinal cause of hematochezia involves esophageal varices, which are enlarged veins in the esophagus.