Epatologia

Prevention of Esophageal Varices Rupture

Guidelines recommend the use of a beta-blocker or an endoscopic ligation in order to prevent the risk of the first bleeding due to the rupture of esophageal varices in liver cirrhosis, while, for the prevention of relapses, the association of ligation with beta-blocker has been more effective than beta-blocker alone. Now, the use of the drug alone has been compared with the combined therapy also in the prevention of the first bleeding episode.
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