Cost-Effectiveness of N-Butyl-2-Cyanoacrylate (Histoacryl) Glue Injections Versus Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt in the Management of Acute Gastric Variceal Bleeding

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2688-2693

  Mahadeva, S ^a   Bellamy, M C ^a   Kessel, D ^a   Davies, M H ^a   Millson, Charles E ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENBUCRILATE; GLUE;

ADULT; AGED; BLEEDING TENDENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; MUCOSAL BLEEDING; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SHUNTING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STENT; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH VARICES;

EID: 0347994980     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.08769.x     Document Type: Review

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