Cost analysis for the prevention of variceal rebleeding: A comparison between transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt and endoscopic sclerotherapy in a selected group of italian cirrhotic patients

Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1074-1077

  Meddi, Patrizia ^a   Merli, Manuela ^a   Lionetti, Raffaella ^a   De Santis, Adriano ^a   Valeriano, Valentina ^a   Masini, Andrea ^a   Rossi, Plinio ^a   Salvatori, Filippo ^a   Salerno, Francesco ^b   De Franchis, Roberto ^b   Capocaccia, Livio ^a   Riggio, Oliviero ^a,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032922803     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510290411     Document Type: Article

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