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  • Title: Current strategy for esophageal varices in Japan.
    Author: Idezuki Y, Sanjo K, Bandai Y, Kawasaki S, Ohashi K.
    Journal: Am J Surg; 1990 Jul; 160(1):98-104. PubMed ID: 2368885.
    Abstract:
    Management of bleeding esophageal varices in Japan includes tamponade, sclerotherapy, devascularization, and shunt procedures. Sclerotherapy is the most widely used treatment in both acute and chronic management. The Japanese Research Society for Sclerotherapy of Esophageal Varices monitors and surveys this treatment method at 152 institutions. Extensive devascularization operations now include a thoracotomy less frequently than previously, and they have a 6.6% rebleeding rate in elective patients. Shunt operations are applied in 20% of cases of bleeding esophageal varices in Japan. Effective medical and surgical treatments have led to changes in management strategy and to diversity in treatment during the last decade. The timing of treatment, the nature of the disease, the patient's liver function, and the distribution of collaterals should all be considered in selecting treatment.
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