Microwave coagulation versus sclerotherapy after band ligation to prevent recurrence of high risk of bleeding esophageal varices in Child-Pugh's A and B patients

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 204-210

  Monici, Leonardo Trevizan ^a   Meirelles Santos, José Olympio ^a   Soares, Elza Cotrim ^a   Mesquita, Maria Aparecida ^a   Zeitune, José Murilo Robilotta ^a   Montes, Ciro Garcia ^a   Almeida, Jazon Romilson Souza ^a   Yamanaka, Ademar ^a   Magna, Luis Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Band ligation; Microwave; Portal hypertension; Sclerotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC BAND LIGATION; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ESOPHAGUS PAIN; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROWAVE THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH VARICES; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIGATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949275159     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-009-0134-7     Document Type: Article

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