Comparison of band ligation with sclerotherapy for the treatment of bleeding esophageal varices;Comparación de la efectividad de la ligadura vs esclerosis endoscópica en pacientes con sangrado de várices esofágicas en el hospital hernán henríquez de temuco: Estudio de cohortes comparatives

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 713-718

  Ríos, Eddy ^a   Sierralta, Armando ^a   Abarzúa, Marigraciela ^a   Bastías, Joaquín ^a   Barra, María Inés ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Esophageal and gastric varices; Hypertension; Portal; Sclerotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIGATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHILE; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866560397     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: 07176163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0034-98872012000600003     Document Type: Article

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