Variceal Recurrence Rebleeding and Survival After Endoscopic Injection Sclerotherapy in 287 Alcoholic Cirrhotic Patients With Bleeding Esophageal Varices

摘要

Objective:This study tested the validity of the hypothesis that eradication of esophageal varices by repeated injection sclerotherapy would reduce recurrent variceal bleeding and death from bleeding varices in a high-risk cohort of alcoholic patients with cirrhosis.