Background and Aim A preemptive transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (p‐TIPSS)
after acute variceal bleeding (AVB) is advocated. However, when compared with the current …

Background Endoscopic band ligation (EBL) and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) have
emerged as alternative therapies of gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) in addition to …

Esophageal variceal (EV) bleeding is a severe medical emergency related to cirrhosis. Early
identification of cirrhotic patients with at a high risk of EV bleeding is key to improving …

Background and aim To develop and validate a novel machine learning-based radiomic
model (RM) for diagnosing high bleeding risk esophageal varices (HREV) in patients with …

Background Health and social care interventions are often complex and can be
decomposed into multiple components. Multicomponent interventions are often evaluated in …

Objective Esophageal varix (EV) bleeding is a particularly serious complications of cirrhosis.
Prediction of EV bleeding requires extensive endoscopy experience; it remains unreliable …

Background and Aims Emergency endoscopy is recommended for patients with acute
esophageal variceal bleeding (EVB) and their prognosis has improved markedly over past …

Objective This randomised trial aimed to address whether endoscopic variceal ligation
(EVL) or propranolol (PPL) is more effective at preventing initial oesophageal variceal …

Background: Cirrhosis is a chronic disease characterized by chronic liver inflammation and
diffuse fibrosis. A combination of vasoactive drugs, preventive antibiotics, and endoscopy is …

Esophagogastric variceal bleeding (EVB) is one of the common digestive system
emergencies with poor prognosis and high rate of rebleeding after treatment. To explore the …