for this type of patients. This study was carried out to make known the demographic characteristics of patients with gastric varices with or without the presence of esophageal varices that were taken to cya- nocrylate sclerotherapy (CYP). Endoscopic fndings, outcomes and complications are described. Data used to evaluate the safety and ef- fcacy of the procedure in the management of patients with or without active variceal bleeding. This observational descriptive retrospective cross-sectional study included patients with manifest portal hypertension with esophageal and fundic varices, a total of 132 sclerotherapy procedures with cya- noacrylate mixed with lipiodol. We included 132 records of sclerotherapy with CYA, with equal gender distribution. Esophageal varices were found in 90.2% (119 records). In 31 procedures the indication was emergency bleeding (23.5%), of these 7 had CP-A, 12 CP-B, 0 CP-C and 12 without data. Out of the 101 elective interventions, 34 had CP-A, 24 CP-B, 6 CP-C and 37 without data, with no signifcant differences between groups (p value = 0.1). Homeostasis was achieved in 100% of patients with ac- tive bleeding. Varice sclerosis was successful with a single puncture in 81.1%, two punctures in 13.6% and three or more in 5.3% of the procedures. There were no complications in any of the patients, nor damage in the equipment used. In conclusión Endoscopic obliteration of fundic varices with CYP was safe and effective in the treatment of upper gastric variceal bleeding, without clinical complications in the procedure or damage to the endoscopic equipment used. Key words: Portal hypertension; Varicose vein sclerosis; Cirrhosis © 2019 The Author(s). Published by ACT Publishing Group Ltd. All rights reserved. Maldonado C, Jimenez F, Sepulveda M, Garcia J, Herrera D, Castro A, Aguirre M, Rojas C, Rodriguez F. Sclerosis of Fundic Varices. Experience in a Reference Center in the South West of Colombia. 2011-2017. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research 2019; 8(5): 2980-2983 Available from: URL: http://www.ghrnet.org/ index.php/joghr/article/view/2648 INTRODUCTION Portal hypertension secondary to cirrhosis or other conditions leads to 1 Specialist Physician of the Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Ser- vice, Valle del Lili Foundation, University Hospital, Cali, Colombia; 2 Resident in Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Icesi University, Cali, Colombia; 3 Statistician, Clinical Research Center, Valle del Lili Foundation, University Hospital, Cali, Colombia; 4 Methodological Consultant, MD, MPH. Clinical Research Center, Valle del Lili Foundation, University Hospital, Cali, Colombia; 5 Professor, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Icesi University, Cali, Colombia; 6 Medical Assistant of the Service of Gastroenterology and Endos- copy, Valle del Lili Foundation, University Hospital, Cali, Colombia. Confict-of-interest statement: The author(s) declare(s) that there is no confict of interest regarding the publication of this paper. Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Com- mons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non- commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non- commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Correspondence to: Catalina Maldonado Gutiérrez, Specialist Physician of the Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Service, Valle del Lili Foundation, University Hospital, Cali, Colombia. Email: Catamaldonado@gmail.com, dr-fernandorodriguez@hotmail. com Telephone: +57 (2) 331 9090 Received: August 2, 2019 Revised: August 30, 2019 Accepted: September 2, 2019 Published online: October 21, 2019 ABSTRACT Treatment of variceal bleeding in the esophagus and fundus is a clinic challenge which sometimes leads to seeking alternative management ORIGINAL ARTICLE Sclerosis of Fundic Varices. Experience in a Reference Center in the South West of Colombia, 2011-2017 Catalina Maldonado Gutiérrez 1 , Diego Fernando Jiménez 1 , Mauricio Sepúlveda 1 , Jairo Alberto García Abadía 1 , Di- ana Herrera 6 , Andrés Castro 3 , Marisol Aguirre Rojas 4,5 , Carlos Arturo Rojas 1 , Fernando Rodríguez Bayona 2 280 Journal of GHR 2019 October 21; 8(5): 2980-2983 ISSN 2224-3992 (print) ISSN 2224-6509 (online) Online Submissions: http://www.ghrnet.org/index./joghr/ doi: 10.17554/j.issn.2224-3992.2019.08.854 Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research