INJECTION SCLEOTHERAPY AND GLUE INJECTION

Injection sclerotherapy and glue injection:

A sclerosent or Glue injected in the abnormal or bleeder vessel to arrest and prevent bleeding.

A sclerosent is used for esophageal and occasionally in Gastric Varices and some ulcers bleeders.
Glue is injected only in Gastric or Ectopic Varices.

The procedure involves the passage of an endoscope and injection of a sclerosing agent into or around esophageal varices or a bleeder vessel in ulcer.