The treatment of gastric fundal varices - Endoscopic therapy versus interventional radiology

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 63, 2005, Pages 949-953

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

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Balloon occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO); Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy and ligation (EISL); Gastric varices; Interventional radiology (IVR)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON OCCLUSION; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH FUNDUS; STOMACH VARICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BALLOON OCCLUSION; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTRIC FUNDUS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHLEBOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROTHERAPY;

EID: 20644434725     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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