
pmid: 13638550
One hundred patients with cirrhosis of the liver or extrahepatic portal vein obstruction were studied with a view to determine the best technique necessary to demonstrate oesophageal varices. The accuracy of the examination was compared with spleno-portal venograms on the same patients. It was found that a barium swallow was an accurate method of demonstrating oesophageal varices but that both barium swallow and spleno-portal venograms are essential in a patient in whom surgery is contemplated.
Varicose Veins, Esophagus, Stomach, Humans, Barium Sulfate, Esophageal and Gastric Varices
Varicose Veins, Esophagus, Stomach, Humans, Barium Sulfate, Esophageal and Gastric Varices
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