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However, gel accumulation may obscure the variceal morphology. Thus, we developed GI\u2010EIS under texture and color enhancement imaging (TXI) and evaluated its effectiveness.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study included EV patients who underwent primary prophylactic intravariceal EIS. Patients were divided into GI\u2010EIS under TXI and conventional EIS groups. Primary outcomes were the success rates of intravariceal sclerosant injection and sclerosant injection into the afferent vessels. Secondary outcomes included the visibility score of EV morphology under TXI compared with white light imaging (WLI) during gel\u2010immersion and luminance gradient across the EVs.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Overall, 32 patients (16 in each group) were evaluated. The success rate of intravariceal sclerosant injection was comparable between GI\u2010EIS under TXI and conventional EIS (93.8%\u00a0vs. 87.5%,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.54). However, injection into the afferent vessels was significantly more successful with GI\u2010EIS under TXI (87.5%\u00a0vs. 43.8%,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.01). The visibility score of the variceal morphology under TXI was consistently five points in all cases. The luminance gradient was significantly higher under TXI than under WLI (TXI vs. WLI; 0.95\u00a0vs. 0.68;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.01).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>GI\u2010EIS under TXI provided improved visualization of variceal morphology and enhanced success of injection into afferent vessels, suggesting that TXI may optimize the therapeutic performance of GI\u2010EIS for EV.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/deo2.70201","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,22]],"date-time":"2025-09-22T16:40:33Z","timestamp":1758559233000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Effectiveness of Gel\u2010immersion Endoscopic Injection Sclerotherapy Under Texture and 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