Endoscopic placement of Sengstaken-Blakemore tube

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-32

  Lin, Terry C ^a,b   Bilir, Bahri M ^a   Powis, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b S Jose Med Group Endoscopy Center   (United States)

Author keywords

SB tube; Technique; Variceal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

AGED; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FATAL OUTCOME; GASTRIC BALLOON; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033938558     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200007000-00007     Document Type: Article

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