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Table 5 Patients with history of UGI bleeding and banding for treatment of esophageal varices (N = 232)

From: Complications related to intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in liver transplantation

 

Total patients, no. (%)

Patients with intraoperative UGI bleeding after TEE placement, no. (%)

History of UGI bleeding

 Yes

44 (19.0)

1 (0.43)a

 No

188 (81.0)

0 (0)

History of banding

 Yes

39 (16.8)

1 (0.43)

 No

193 (83.2)

0 (0)

  1. TEE transesophageal echocardiography and UGI upper gastrointestinal tract
  2. aThe same patient who had intraoperative UGI bleeding after TEE probe placement also had UGI bleeding with a subsequent variceal banding treatment
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