Argon Plasma Coagulation versus Injection Sclerotherapy in Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage - A Prospective, Controlled Study

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 51, Issue 55, 2004, Pages 165-170

  Skok, Pavel ^a   Krizman, Igor ^b   Skok, Marija ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b Health Centre of Maribor ^*  (Slovenia)

^c Health Centre of Maribor   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Argon plasma coagulation; Controlled trial; Endoscopic hemostasis; Injection sclerotherapy; Peptic ulcer hemorrhage; Prospective

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; ORTANOL; POLIDOCANOL; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SCLEROSING AGENT; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DUODENUM BLEEDING; DUODENUM ULCER; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PEPTIC ULCER; PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCLEROTHERAPY; STOMACH ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS, ENDOSCOPIC; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY;

EID: 10744221282     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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