Detachable endoloop vs. elastic band ligation for bleeding esophageal varices

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 804-809

  Naga, Mazen Ibrahim ^a,b   Okasha, Hussein Hassan ^a   Foda, Ayman Ragaei ^a   Gomaa, Mohamed Saeed ^a   Fouad, Ayman Mohamed ^a   Masoud, Amgad Gerges ^a   El Din, Hazem Hossam ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Saridar Clinic   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDOLOOP LIGATION; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC VARICEAL LIGATION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS, ENDOSCOPIC; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE;

EID: 3042748298     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(04)00361-X     Document Type: Article

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