Endoscopic sclerotherapy compared with no specific treatment for the primary prevention of bleeding from esophageal varices. A randomized controlled multicentre trial [ISRCTN03215899]

Table 4 Complications of sclerotherapy

	Sclerotherapy n = 84	Controls n = 82
Esophagus
Bleeding from ulceration	2	3
Submucosal esophageal hematoma	2
Stenosis	2	2
Perforation	1
Food impaction	1
Dysphagia		1
Infections
Bacteremia	1
Bacterial peritonitis	1
Pneumonia	1
Total	11	6

Values are numbers of patients Complications in the control group occurred after sclerotherapy was performed either to arrest active variceal bleeding or to prevent rebleeding

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