ABSTRACT
Objective To evaluate the efficacy of endoscopic cyanoacrylate injection combined with endoscopic variceal libation (EVL) in treatment of acute gastroosophageal variceal bleeding. Methods Twenty-three patients with acute esophagogastric variceal bleeding received endoscopic cyanoacrylate injec-tion combined with EVL within 12 hours of hemostssis. Somatostatin were given intravenously at the dosage of 250 μg/h postoperatively for 72 h. The patients received follow-up endoscopy at 2 weeks and 3 months after the procedure, respectively. The variants including the rate of re-bleeding, mortality, and degree of esopha-gogastric varices were evaluated. Results Success in immediate hemostasis was achieved in all cases and a second EVL was performed in 6 patients 2 weeks later. The effective rate of variceal alleviation in gastric fun-dus was 95.65% and 91.30% in esophageal varices. No recurrent bleeding or death was observed in follow-up of 3 months. Conclusion Endoscopic eyanoaerylate injection combined with EVL is a safe and effective technique in the treatment of patients with acute gastroesophageal variceal bleeding.