P37 Platelet count and spleen size: avoidance of screening endoscopy for varices in patients with hepatitis C cirrhosis

Abstract

further worsen survival in these patients and therefore prophylaxis against bleeding may not offer a survival advantage in these patients, who should be considered early for transplantation. The apparent importance of GOV in terms of prognosis, and decision making to optimise outcome means that we should re-look at strategies to screen for GOV in PBC.