TY - JOUR
T1 - Endoscopic classification of gastric varices
AU - Hashizume, Makoto
AU - Kitano, Seigo
AU - Yamaga, Hirohiko
AU - Koyanagi, Nobuhiro
AU - Sugimachi, Keizo
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Encouragement of Young Scientists 01770985 from the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture, Japan. We thank M. Ohara for critical comments and Dr. S. Moriguchi for assistance with the statistical analysis.
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - Endoscopic observations of gastric varices in 124 patients were classified according to form, location, and color. Form was classified into three types: tortuous (F1), nodular (F2), and tumorous (F3). Location was classified into five types: anterior (La), posterior (Lp), lesser (LI) and greater curvature (Lg) of the cardia, and fundic area (Lf). Color was white (Cw) or red (Cr). Glossy, thin-walled focal redness on the varix was defined as red color spot (RC spot). Stepwise logistic regression analysis for multivariate adjustments was performed for all of the endoscopic covariates, and four risk factors (La, Lg, F2, RC spot) that affect bleeding from gastric varices were independently identified. This classification should aid in assessing gastric varices observed by fiberoptic endoscopy and help design appropriate treatment.
AB - Endoscopic observations of gastric varices in 124 patients were classified according to form, location, and color. Form was classified into three types: tortuous (F1), nodular (F2), and tumorous (F3). Location was classified into five types: anterior (La), posterior (Lp), lesser (LI) and greater curvature (Lg) of the cardia, and fundic area (Lf). Color was white (Cw) or red (Cr). Glossy, thin-walled focal redness on the varix was defined as red color spot (RC spot). Stepwise logistic regression analysis for multivariate adjustments was performed for all of the endoscopic covariates, and four risk factors (La, Lg, F2, RC spot) that affect bleeding from gastric varices were independently identified. This classification should aid in assessing gastric varices observed by fiberoptic endoscopy and help design appropriate treatment.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0016-5107(90)71023-1
DO - 10.1016/S0016-5107(90)71023-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 2365213
AN - SCOPUS:0025292957
VL - 36
SP - 276
EP - 280
JO - Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
JF - Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
SN - 0016-5107
IS - 3
ER -