A low-cost banding device for oesophageal varices using Foley catheters

Trop Doct. 2013 Oct;43(4):134-5. doi: 10.1177/0049475513497478. Epub 2013 Aug 12.

Abstract

Our institution has devised a low cost method of banding oesophageal varices by loading cut Foley catheters on to a banding apparatus.

Keywords: Endoscopic innovations; endoscopic variceal banding; lowcost treatments; variceal bleeds.

MeSH terms

  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Ligation / instrumentation