Journal of Practical Hepatology ›› 2025, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (1): 104-107.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2025.01.027

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Endoscopic tissue gel injection and endoscopic variceal ligation in treatment of cirrhotics with esophagogastric variceal bleeding

Zhu Ruinong, Song Liqun, Qian Ji   

  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Yixing Hospital Affiliated to Jiangsu University, Yixing 214200, Jiangsu Province, China
  • Received:2024-07-03 Online:2025-01-10 Published:2025-02-07

Abstract: Objective The aim of this study was to investigate clinical efficacy of endoscopic tissue gel injection (ETGI) and endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) in treatment of cirrhotics with esophagogastric variceal bleeding (EVB). Methods 89 patients with liver cirrhosis (LC) and complicated EVB were encountered in our hospital between January 2017 and November 2023, and were divided into control (n=45) and observation group (n=44). All patients were well treated by internal comprehensive supporting measurement, including hemostasis, blood transfusion and intravenous somatostatin administration, and patients in the observation group received ETGI and/or EVL at base of supporting treatment. Portal vein diameter (PVD), portal vein velocity (PVV) and splenic vein velocity (SVV) were detected by ultrasonography, and serum lipid peroxide (LPO), motilin (MTL) and gastrin (GAS) levels were assayed by ELISA. Results Successful hemostasis rate in the observation group was 97.7%, much higher than 88.9%(P<0.05) in the control; blood transfusion was (1.8±0.4)u, much less than [(4.2±2.0)u, P<0.05], hemostasis time was (0.8±0.2) day, much shorter than [(3.1±1.1)day, P<0.05] in the control, and disappearance of EV at re-gastroscopy in 9 cases (20.9%) in the observation group; there were no significant differences as respect to PVD, PVV and SVV in the two groups (P>0.05); after treatment, serum LPO, MTL and GAS levels in the observation group were (4.3±1.1)U/L, (193.6±20.4)ng/L and (85.5±9.2)μg/mL, all much lower than [(7.1±1.6)U/L, (254.9±24.9)ng/L and (112.4±10.3)μg/mL, respectively, P<0.05] in the control; by end of six-month follow-up, re-bleeding was found in 3 cases (7.0%) in the observation group, and they recovered after ETGI and/or EVL, while re-bleeding occurred in 17 cases (42.5%, P<0.05) in the control, and 5 (29.4%)of them died. Conclusion ETGI and/or EVL at supporting measures in dealing with emergent patients with EVB is efficacious in saving patient’s lives, which might be carried out by qualified clinicians.

Key words: Liver cirrhosis, Esophagogastric variceal bleeding, Endoscopic tissue gel injection, Endoscopic variceal ligation, Somatostatin, Therapy