If you are suffering from portal hypertension/cirrhosis of the liver, should evaluate for esophageal varices when you're analyzed. How regularly you'll go through screening tests depends on your condition. Endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) was created with a goal to track down a viable endoscopic treatment for esophageal varices with fewer complications than endoscopic sclerotherapy.
The EVL method works by catching the varix inside a small band, bringing about impediment from thrombosis. EVL avoids the utilization of sclerosant solution and, along these lines, eliminates the danger of transmural injury to the esophageal divider that regularly happens after endoscopic sclerotherapy. The utilization of EVL for treating esophageal varices was first detailed in 1988. From that point forward, progress in the procedure has prompted its routine use to treat patients with esophageal varices. One major advance was the development of numerous band-ligating devices, which has rearranged and improved the security of EVL.