Complications associated with octreotide and injection sclerotherapy
| Injection sclerotherapy | Octreotide | |
| Paralytic ileus | 0 | 115-150 |
| Abdominal pain | 0 | 1 |
| Oesophageal ulceration | 8 | 0 |
| Hyperglycaemia | 0 | 15 |
| Pleural effusion | 1 | 0 |
| Pulmonary oedema | 0 | 1 |
| Aspiration | 1 | 0 |
| Retrosternal pain | 2 | 0 |
| Pyrexia | 2 | 0 |
| Infection | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 15/77 (19%) | 19/73 (26%) |
↵15-150 Necessitated withdrawal of treatment.