Authors: B Isaksson F Johnsson B Jeppsson
Publish Date: 1997/02/07
Volume: 11, Issue: 6, Pages: 663-667
Abstract
Background Endoscopic sclerotherapy ST widely used as treatment of bleeding esophageal varices might cause motility disturbances of the esophagus as well as mucosal damage We performed this study to evaluate the longterm effects of repeated sclerotherapy on esophageal motility and mucosaResults We found a significant difference in the distal esophageal sphincter intraabdominal length The distal esophageal sphincter pressure was somewhat lower in the ST group although the difference did not reach statistical significance There was infiltration of neutrophil leukocytes in biopsies from four patients and normal findings in the rest
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