Endoscopic Approaches to the Treatment of Variceal Hemorrhage in Hemodialysis-Dependent Patients
Table 2
Endoscopic treatment details of hemodialysis patients.
Patient number
Time interval between first bleeding and treatment (months)
Time interval(months)
Treatment options
Total treatments
Rebleeding (within 3 months)
Rebleeding (after 3 months)
Follow-up (months)
Time interval between the end of treatment and death (months)
Outcome
1
2.7
5.9
and
5
Yes
Yes
64.4
/
SLKT in 2013/alive
2
2.6
37.5
NBCA 1.5 ml and NBCA 0.5 ml
2
No
Yes
10.2
3.8
Die in May, 2014
3
1.7
94.6
and
6
No
Yes
134.2
/
Alive
4
1.8
14.4
NBCA 4ml and
2
No
No
7.7
/
Alive
5
8.0
89.9
1
No
No
21.3
21.7
Die in Aug, 2013
EVL, endoscopic variceal ligation; EIS, endoscopic injection sclerosis; NBCA, N-butyl-cyanoacrylate; SLKT, simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation. Time interval: the interval between hemodialysis start and first time receiving endoscopic treatment.
