Preventing Recurrent Bleeding After Eradication of Esophageal Varices

Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2013
Esophageal variceal bleeding is a severe complication of portal hypertension. Banding ligation plus non-selective beta-blockers is the current recommendation for prevention of recurrent bleeding. However, the optimal duration of use of non-selective beta-blockers is not well defined. This study aims at comparing the rebleeding rate and adverse effects in patients using or without using propranolol after eradication of esophageal varices.
Epistemonikos ID: 5d39aa327ca0c3e82da748dc8ad2104a910765e9
First added on: May 12, 2024