Abstract
The treatment of esophageal varices by injection of a sclerosing solution through an endoscope has been a source of considerable interest to endoscopists. The first work in this field carried out was done by Craf oord C. and Frenckner P. in 1939. From 1978 to 1981 in our clinic, 27 patients with recurrent esophageal varices following direct operation for portal hypertension were treated by injection of sclerosing agents. (Thrombin, Sodum morrhuate, Aethoxysklerol). The instrument used in this study was a GIF type P3 with inflatable cuff. The cuff be inflated with about 10 ml of air and can be used both to provide stasis in the vein during injection of sclerosing solution and to tamponade the inevitable bleeding from directly injecting a varix. This report demonstrated the feasibility of endoscopic scleroemblization of esophageal recurrent varices following direct operation for portal hypertension.
