The role of endoscopic therapy in the treatment of bleeding varices

Bailliere's Best Practice and Research in Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 477-494

  Bohnacker, Sabine ^a   Sriram, Parupudi V J ^a   Soehendra, Nib ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Endoscopy; Therapy; Varices

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUCRILATE; CYANOACRYLATE; ENBUCRILATE; FIBRIN GLUE; FLUMAZENIL; GLUCOSE; GLUE; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; MONOETHANOLAMINE OLEATE; OCTREOTIDE; POLIDOCANOL; PROPOFOL; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE; SCLEROSING AGENT; SOMATOSTATIN; TERLIPRESSIN; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM; THROMBIN;

BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIGATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NECROSIS; PAIN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PROPHYLAXIS; RECURRENCE RISK; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEDATION; SEPTICEMIA; STERNUM; STOMACH VARICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033869804     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/bega.2000.0092     Document Type: Article

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