[Usefulness of supplemental treatment with glypressin during the eradication phase of esophageal varices using endoscopic sclerotherapy].

Abstract

The response of 20 patients with oesophageal varices randomly assigned to treatment by endoscopic sclerotherapy with or without adjuvant Glipressina was assessed on the basis of the following parameters: mean eradication time for oesophageal varices and frequency of bleeding during that period. The preliminary results suggest that the drug may have a favourable influence on both eradication time and bleeding in sclerotherapy.