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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 7, 2015; 21(9): 2800-2806
Published online Mar 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i9.2800
Published online Mar 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i9.2800
Effect of intravariceal sclerotherapy combined with esophageal mucosal sclerotherapy using small-volume sclerosant for cirrhotic patients with high variceal pressure
De-Run Kong, Jin-Guang Wang, Chen Chen, Fang-Fang Yu, Qiong Wu, Jian-Ming Xu, Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, Anhui Province, China
Author contributions: Kong DR and Wang JG contributed equally to this work; Wang JG was involved in acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data, and drafting of the manuscript; Chen C, Yu FF and Wu Q were involved in acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data; Kong DR and Xu JM were involved in study design, analysis and interpretation of data, critical revision of the manuscript and study supervision.
Supported by Educational and Health Department of Anhui Province, No. KJ2010A158, No. KJ2012Z189 and No. 2010B018; and National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81271736.
Correspondence to: De-Run Kong, MD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, 218 Jixi Road, Shushan District, Hefei 230022, Anhui Province, China. kongderun@ahmu.edu.cn
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Received: July 27, 2014
Peer-review started: July 27, 2014
First decision: September 27, 2014
Revised: October 28, 2014
Accepted: December 5, 2014
Article in press: December 8, 2014
Published online: March 7, 2015
Processing time: 225 Days and 4.8 Hours
Peer-review started: July 27, 2014
First decision: September 27, 2014
Revised: October 28, 2014
Accepted: December 5, 2014
Article in press: December 8, 2014
Published online: March 7, 2015
Processing time: 225 Days and 4.8 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Intravariceal-mucosal sclerotherapy has more advantages compared to endoscopic variceal ligation alone in decreasing the incidence of variceal recurrence for cirrhotic patients with high variceal pressure.