The clinical and endoscopic features of gastric varices / 中华消化内镜杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigete the clinical and endoscopic featrures of gasrtic varices (GV) in our country. Methods To analyze retroepective study the materials of endoscopically diagnosed GV in 85 patients at our hospital from 1990 to 2000. Result Of 281 patients with varices, GV were detected in 85 (30.2% ) under endoscopy. According to Sarin' a category of GV, GOV - I detected in 63(74. 1 GOV- II 19 (22.4%),IGV- I in2(2.4%) and IGV- II 1 (1. 18%),The common cause of GOV was liver cirrhosis and ICV was segmental portal hypertension without liver disease, No correlation has been observed between the detective rate of GV category and liver function. The rate of portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHC) with GV was higher than that with esophageal varices (EV) only( p