Đánh giá kết quả 7 năm thắt tĩnh mạch thực quản qua nội soi ở bệnh nhân xơ gan có chảy máu tiêu hóa do giãn vỡ tĩnh mạch thực quản

From May/2002 to May/2007, the authors had operated the endoscopic variceal ligation in 162 patients having liver cirrhosis with esophageal variceal bleeding (Esophageal variceal - EV). The results show that: good effect in hemostasis made up of 92.6 percent, the percentage of good, average and bad effect in eradication are 63.7 percent, 24.6 percent and 11.7 percent, respectively; the proportion in rebleeding under 1 month, within 1-6 months, 6-12 months and more than 12 months are 5.0 percent, 9.5 percent, 12.9 percent and 17.4 percent, respectively. There is no fatal side-effect after the variceal ligation. The most common symptom is chest pain, which makes up of 52.2 percent. Other accompanied side-effects are temperature (4.4 percent), pneumonia (1.1 percent), oesophagus ulcers (2.2 percent), they only last for one or two days and adapt to internal medicine.