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SUBMITTER: Orloff MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6369695 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Orloff Marshall J MJ Isenberg Jon I JI Wheeler Henry O HO Haynes Kevin S KS Jinich-Brook Horacio H Rapier Roderick R Vaida Florin F Hye Robert J RJ Orloff Susan L SL
American journal of surgery 20110616 2
<h4>Background</h4>Ninety percent of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have cirrhosis. Bleeding esophageal varices (BEV) is a frequent complication of cirrhosis. Detection of HCC in cirrhotic patients with BEV has not been studied.<h4>Methods</h4>Two hundred eleven unselected patients with cirrhosis and BEV were randomized to endoscopic sclerotherapy (n = 106) or emergency portacaval shunt (n = 105). Diagnostic workup and treatment were initiated within 8 hours. Ninety-six percent had ...[more]