EARLY ENDOSCOPY HEMOSTASIS AND REBLEEDING RATE AT VARICEAL BLEEDING

Abstract

Aim of study. To assess the influence of the early endoscopy hemostasis for rebleeding rate in variceal bleeding. Methods. Retrospective analysis of 113 medical cards of patients with variceal bleeding. Results and conclusions. The most rebleeding rate had been revealed in patients who had not any signs of bleeding on primary endoscopy (75 %). We had not got statistically significant differences in rebleeding rate between groups of patients who had undergone the early endoscopy hemostasis and who had not (24,5 % vs 26,7 %). We compared the rebleeding rate depending on combination of the bleeding activity on primary endoscopy and the fact of performing the early endoscopy hemostasis and revealed certain differences which are indicating to higher rebleeding rate if the early endoscopy hemostasis had not performed.