A randomized-controlled trial of endoscopic treatment of acute esophageal variceal hemorrhage: N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate injection vs. variceal ligation

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 58, Issue 106, 2011, Pages 438-443

  LJubičić, Neven ^a   Bišćanin, Alen ^a   Nikolic̃, Marko ^a   Supanc, Vladimir ^a   Hrabar, Davor ^a   Pavić, Tajana ^a   Boban, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cyanoacrylate; Esophageal varices; Hemorrhage; Variceal ligation

Indexed keywords

ENBUCRILATE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; INFECTION RATE; LIGATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; VARICEAL LIGATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENBUCRILATE; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79958166101     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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