The value of the endoscopic therapies in the treatment of rectal varices: A retrospective comparison between injection sclerotherapy and band ligation

Hepatology Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 250-255

  Sato, Takahiro ^a   Yamazaki, Katsu ^a   Toyota, Jouji ^a   Karino, Yoshiyasu ^a   Ohmura, Takumi ^a   Suga, Toshihiro ^a  

^a Sapporo Kosei General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy; Endoscopic variceal ligation; Portal hypertension; Rectal varices

Indexed keywords

SCLEROSING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM DISEASE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VARICOSIS; VEIN LIGATION;

EID: 33645023207     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hepres.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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