Endoscopic band ligation of rectal varices: A case series

Endoscopy

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-176

  Coelho Prabhu, N ^a   Baron, T H ^a   Kamath, P S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC BAND LIGATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTAL VARICOSIS; RECTAL VARICOSIS BLEEDING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 76649132059     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: 14388812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1243840     Document Type: Article

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