Band ligation of gastric antral vascular ectasia is a safe and effective endoscopic treatment

Digestive Endoscopy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 392-396

  Keohane, John ^a   Berro, Wael ^a   Harewood, Gavin C ^a   Murray, Frank E ^a   Patchett, Stephen E ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

argon plasma coagulation (APC); endoscopic band ligation; gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE); watermelon stomach

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOSCOPIC BAND LIGATION; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; STOMACH ANTRUM VASCULAR ECTASIA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION (APC); ENDOSCOPIC BAND LIGATION; GASTRIC ANTRAL VASCULAR ECTASIA (GAVE); WATERMELON STOMACH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC ANTRAL VASCULAR ECTASIA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879694058     PISSN: 09155635     EISSN: 14431661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2012.01410.x     Document Type: Article

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