Somatostatin does not reduce oesophageal variceal pressure in liver cirrhotics.

作者：G. Kleber, Tilman Sauerbruch, Gottfried Fischer, Gustav Paumgartner · 发表于：Gut · 年份：1988 · DOI：10.1136/gut.29.2.153 · 被引用次数：75 · 研究领域：Liver Disease and Transplantation、Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment、Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis

Transmural oesophageal variceal pressure was determined by direct puncture of the varices in 27 patients with liver cirrhosis and oesophageal varices. Variceal pressure was not influenced three to six minutes after somatostatin bolus administration and slightly increased during somatostatin infusion. Thus, potential haemostatic benefits of somatostatin cannot be explained by pressure reductions in the varices.