Randomised trial of transjugular-intrahepatic-portosystemic shunt versus endoscopy plus propranolol for prevention of variceal rebleeding

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9058, 1997, Pages 1043-1049

  Rössle, Martin ^a   Deibert, P ^a   Haag, K ^a   Ochs, A ^a   Olschewski, M ^a   Siegerstetter, V ^a   Hauenstein, K H ^a   Geiger, R ^b   Stiepak, C ^c   Keller, W ^c   Blum, H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Offenburg University   (Germany)

^c General Hospital of Rastatt   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCRILATE; ENBUCRILATE; FIBRIN GLUE; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; POLIDOCANOL; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHUNTING; VARICOSIS; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN RUPTURE;

EID: 0242708394     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)08189-5     Document Type: Article

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