Endoscopic variceal band ligation

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1083-1085

  Baron, Todd H ^a,b   Wong Kee Song, Louis M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DECOMPRESSION; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC BAND LIGATION; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALIZATION; LIGATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66949159090     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2008.17     Document Type: Review

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