Ligadura endoscópica, una nueva opción terapéutica para la ectasia vascular antral: presentación de dos casos clínicos

Gastric antral vascular ectasia is an uncommon cause of chronic anemia, occasionally associated with cirrhosis. The most accepted therapy is argon plasma coagulation (APC), however there are refractory cases. We report two females with cirrhosis, aged 60 and 72 years, in whom management with APC was...

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Autores principales: Poniachik T,Jaime, Berger F,Zoltán, Manuguián G,Araxi
Lenguaje:Spanish / Castilian
Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2012
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Sumario:Gastric antral vascular ectasia is an uncommon cause of chronic anemia, occasionally associated with cirrhosis. The most accepted therapy is argon plasma coagulation (APC), however there are refractory cases. We report two females with cirrhosis, aged 60 and 72 years, in whom management with APC was insufficient and in whom the need for hospital admissions and transfusions were reduced using the technique of endoscopic band ligation.