Endoscopic treatment of variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Cascade Guideline

• John Gásdal Karstensen,
• Alanna Ebigbo,
• Purnima Bhat,
• Mario Dinis-Ribeiro,
• Ian Gralnek,
• Claire Guy,
• Olivier Le Moine,
• Peter Vilmann,
• Giulio Antonelli,
• Uche Ijoma,
• Gideon Anigbo,
• Mary Afiheni,
• Babatunde Duduyemi,
• Hailemichael Desalegn,
• Roberto De Franchis,
• Thierry Ponchon,
• Cesare Hassan,
• Lars Aabakken

Affiliations

John Gásdal Karstensen

Hvidovre Hospital – Gastro Unit, Hvidovre, Denmark

Alanna Ebigbo

Central Clinic of Augsburg – Gastroenterology, Augsburg, Germany

Purnima Bhat

ANU Medical School/Canberra Hospital – Gastroenterology, Garran, Australia

Mario Dinis-Ribeiro

Instituto Português de Oncologia – Gastrenterologia, Porto, Portugal

Ian Gralnek

Emek Medical Center – Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Afula, Northern Israel

Claire Guy

European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy – Munich, Germany

Olivier Le Moine

Hopital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles – Department of GastroenterologyBrussels, Belgium

Peter Vilmann

Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev – Gastro Unit, Herlev, Denmark

Giulio Antonelli

Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'Andrea – Sapienza University of Rome, Digestive and Liver Disease Unit, Rome, Italy

Uche Ijoma

University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital – Department of Gastroenterology, Enugu, Nigeria

Gideon Anigbo

Enugu State University Teaching Hospital – Department of Medicine, Enugu, Nigeria

Mary Afiheni

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology – Department of Medicine, Kumasi, Ghana

Babatunde Duduyemi

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology – Department of Pathology, Kusami, Ghana

Hailemichael Desalegn

St. Paul’s Hospital Millenium Medical College – Department of Internal Medicine, Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Roberto De Franchis

University of Milan, IRCCS Maggiore Policlinico Hospital – Department of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Service, Milan, Italy

Thierry Ponchon

Edouard Herriot Hospital – Hepatogastroenterology, Lyon, France

Cesare Hassan

ONRM Hospital – Gastro, Rome, Italy

Lars Aabakken

Dept of transplantation medicine, Oslo University Hospital – Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway and Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway