FAILURE OF SENGSTAKEN BALLOON TAMPONADE FOR REBLEEDING AFTER TISSUE ADHESIVE INJECTION IN A FUNDIC VARIX

Authors
NIEUWENHUIS JA PETERS FTM SANDERS J VANDERWERF TS ZIJLSTRA JG
Citation
Ja. Nieuwenhuis et al., FAILURE OF SENGSTAKEN BALLOON TAMPONADE FOR REBLEEDING AFTER TISSUE ADHESIVE INJECTION IN A FUNDIC VARIX, Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology, 33(8), 1998, pp. 890-892
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00365521
Volume
33
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
890 - 892
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-5521(1998)33:8<890:FOSBTF>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
A 61-year-old man developed a huge fundic varix due to portal hyperten sion in alcoholic liver cirrhosis. After a third injection therapy ses sion with tissue adhesive (Histoacryl(R)) massive hemorrhage developed . Sengstaken (gastric) balloon tamponade failed. Autopsy showed a huge , solid varix with a large hole on its side, inaccessible with the Sen gstaken balloon.