Endoscopic treatment of gastric varices bleeding with the use of n-butyl-2 cyanoacrylate

摘要

IntroductionOesophageal varices and gastric varices are naturally-formed, pathological portosystemic shunts that occur in patients with portal hypertension. Gastric varices are responsible for about 10% of variceal bleeding; however, they are also the cause of massive haemorrhage, often with dramatic progress.