Clin Endosc.  2024 Sep;57(5):690-693. 10.5946/ce.2023.239.

Long-term surveillance of gastric varices after cyanoacrylate injection in patients with non-cirrhotic portal hypertension: is it worth the effort?

• Morell B
• Murray FR
• Gubler C
• Schlag C
• Kremer AE
• Deibel A

• KMID: 2559222
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5946/ce.2023.239

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  Fig. 1. (A) Individual patient timelines after initial gastric varices treatment and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) confirmation of obliteration. (B) Cumulative survival (Kaplan-Meier estimates) without recurrent gastric variceal hemorrhage (GVH). Patients 2 and 3 had GVH during follow-up, despite EUS surveillance and treatment of recurrent varices. Patients 1 and 9 had a single repeat intervention whereas patients 4 to 8 did not have recurrent varices.

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