Evaluation of endoscopic variceal ligation in prophylactic therapy for bleeding of oesophageal varices: A prospective, controlled trial compared with endoscopic injection sclerotherapy

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 241-244

  Gotoh, Yudai ^a   Iwakiri, Ryuichi ^a   Sakata, Yasushi ^a   Koyama, Takanori ^a   Noda, Takahiro ^a   Matsunaga, Chika ^a   Ogata, Shin Ichi ^a   Ishibashi, Sadatoshi ^a   Sakata, Hiroyuki ^a   Tsunada, Seiji ^a   Fujimoto, Kazuma ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endoscopic therapy; Ethanolamine oleate; Liver cirrhosis; Recurrence of oesophageal varices

Indexed keywords

MONOETHANOLAMINE OLEATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN LIGATION;

EID: 0032919940     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.1999.01841.x     Document Type: Article

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