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. 2003 Aug 15;3:22. doi: 10.1186/1471-230X-3-22

Table 3.

Causes of death

Sclerotherapy n = 84 Controls n = 82
total n = 29 n = 33

Variceal bleeding 1 9
Liver failure 9 13
Hepatocellular carcinoma 5 3
Other causes
 Malignancy 2
 Infection 4 3
 Stroke 1 3
 Bleeding from duodenal ulcer 1
 Postoperative multi-organ failure 1
 Hypothermia 1
 Esophageal perforation1 1
 Unknown 4 1

1 complication of sclerotherapy Values are number of patients