Band Ligation of Esophageal Varicies

[drsantosh76]

for how many days ,he shld be on soft diet after doing the banding.

[superbrainykid]

that's so cool! thanks!

[sjfoarde6893]

That was awesome. Period.

=D

[korsisalon]

That was a great video thank you doctor Joseph

[agoodwi2]

with all due respect, Tylenol is NOT an NSAID. anyone with gastric varices should NOT be given any form of an NSAID or their bleeding risk increases dramatically. Tylenol's misconception is not so much its ability to worsen liver disase but instead its ability to cause liver failure with overdose - in otherwise perfectly health patients.

[jawad2082]

@agoodwi2 are you sure about that?

[ahmedateffarag]

actually these bands fall off after a period of time with the variceal part leaving no injury or damage , for sure liver transplant reduces portal hypertension and the varices .

[njwsugar]

Fascinating, my 6 year old has to have this done so very interesting, thank you.

[m015094]

Do the bands stay on? Do they ever fall off when the patient eats? Restrictions on eating?

Would a liver transplant reduce portal hypertension and eventually the varicies?

Sorry for all the questions.

[agoodwi2]

No, I've had this done several times and they usually start falling off within a few days. I tend to have a lot of pain from it and am usually on soft/liquid foods for 1-2 weeks post. However, I've had it done so many times that a lot of scar tissue has build up as well, so perhaps that's why I'm more sensitive.

Yes, a liver transplant would eliminate both since the damaged liver's vasculature is pretty much which causes the portal hypertension, directly causing the varices.