EUS-Assisted Evaluation of Rectal Varices before Banding

Rectal varices are an important cause of bleed. The bleeding can be sometimes fatal. Endoscopic management is possible and is generally done in emergency situation. Rectal variceal banding is useful. Hemodynamic evaluation has shown that the blood flow in rectal varices is from above downwards; howe...

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Main Authors: Malay Sharma, Praveer Rai, Raghav Bansal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Gastroenterology Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/619187