A comparison of combination endoscopic therapy and interventional radiology with esophageal transection for the treatment of esophageal varices

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 49, Issue 48, 2002, Pages 1552-1554

  Tajiri, Takashi ^a   Onda, Masahiko ^a   Taniai, Nobuhiko ^a   Yoshida, Hiroshi ^a   Mamada, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endoscopic therapy; Esophageal transection; Esophageal varices; Interventional radiology (IVR)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS TRANSECTION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036840923     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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