USG transabdominal dapat memainkan peranan didalam menilai derajat varises esofagus. Kriteria diagnostik yang diajukan Kishimoto dkk untuk menilai adanya varises esofagus melalui penilaian ketebalan dan ireguleritas dinding anterior esofagus dengan USG transabdominal dapat dipakai sebagai acuan dalam menilai derajat varises esofagus.

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Transabdominal ultrasound can play a role in assessing the degree of esophageal varicose veins. Diagnostic criteria proposed by Kishimoto et al to assess the presence of esophageal varicose veins

through the assessment of the thickness and irregularity of the anterior wall of the esophagus with transabdominal ultrasound can be used as a reference in assessing the degree of esophageal varicose veins.