Bleeding due to slippage of elastic band during variceal ligation: Successful use of Ankaferd blood stopper

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 166-168

  Ozaslan, Ersan ^a,c   Purnak, Tugrul ^a   Yildiz, Ayla ^a   Haznedaroglu, Ibrahim C ^b  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Esophageal varices; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANKAFERD BLOOD STOPPER; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCLEROTHERAPY; ULCER HEALING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VEIN LIGATION; BLEEDING; LIGATION; MIDDLE AGED;

ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 79952276804     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: 02548860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12664-010-0043-y     Document Type: Article

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