Anorectal Variceal Bleeding Treated by Sclerotherapy.

Sclerotherapy, not ligation, should be preferred for varices with multiple traffic branches because polidocanol can be dispersed into the whole variceal plexus. For patients with bleeding varices, besides sclerotherapy, ligation and transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt are the alternative treatment options. [Extracted from the article]