Direct Costs of Care in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Endoscopic Sclerotherapy versus Emergency Portacaval Shunt for Bleeding Esophageal Varices in Cirrhosis-Part 4

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-47

  Orloff, Marshall J ^a   Isenberg, Jon I ^a   Wheeler, Henry O ^a   Haynes, Kevin S ^a   Jinich Brook, Horacio ^a   Rapier, Roderick ^a   Vaida, Florin ^a   Hye, Robert J ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Direct costs; Sclerotherapy; Shunt; Varices

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751580491     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-010-1332-6     Document Type: Article

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