1999 Volume 54 Pages 40-42
Heater' probe unit was developed for the hemostasis of peptic ulcer. We applied heater probe therapy to (a) F0 recurrent esophageal varices and (b) vascular ectasia. (a) Eighteen patients with F0 RC (＋) recurrent esophageal varices were treated with heater probe unit. F0 varices disappeared just after the treatment. In five to sixteen months follow-up after treatment, we experienced no case of bleeding from esophageal varices. Additional treatment was performed in three patients with recurrence of RC sign. (b) Ten patients with gastric vascular ectasia were also treated with heater probe unit. This therapy was effective for hemostasis and disapperance of vascular ectasia. Serious complication did not occur in any case. It is concluded that heater probe therapy is safe and effective for these non-ulcer lesion.
