Balloon catheter-assisted endoscopic sclerotherapy for gastric fundal varices using alpha-cyanoacrylate monomer

J Clin Gastroenterol. 2001 Jul;33(1):49-52. doi: 10.1097/00004836-200107000-00012.

Abstract

We present two patients with bleeding episodes from gastric fundal varices. The gastric fundal varices were treated by balloon catheter-assisted endoscopic sclerotherapy using alpha-cyanoacrylate monomer. The varices were successfully obliterated with no complications or hemodynamic changes to the gastrorenal shunts. This procedure may be considered a novel, feasible approach to the treatment of gastric fundal varices in the future.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angiography
  • Catheterization / instrumentation*
  • Cyanoacrylates / administration & dosage
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / diagnostic imaging
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / therapy*
  • Female
  • Gastric Fundus
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / therapy*
  • Gastroscopes*
  • Humans
  • Sclerotherapy / instrumentation*

Substances

  • Cyanoacrylates
  • MK 6 cyanoacrylate