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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
