الفهرس 
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Abstract
Bleeding from ruptured oesophageal varices is one of the major health problem in many areas of the world specially in Egypt where schistosomasis and hepatitis are pervalent . It results in great morbidity and mortality despite the different therapeatic options . Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy is widely used to arrest acute oesophageal variceal bleeding. The techinque of EVL was developed recenty for the same purpose as EIS with fewer complication . The aim of the present work is to compare the efficacy and safy of both techniques (EIS, EVL) in treating acute bleeding from oesphageal varies and a trial to evaluate the most effective method with less complication . The study was conducted on 360 patients with active oesophageal variceal bleeding admitted at the unit of haematemesis and mae1ena, Mansoura Emergency Hospital. They were followed up endoscopically and clinically at gastro enterology