Outcomes of endoscopic human thrombin injection in the management of gastric varices

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 846-852

  Smith, Matthew R ^a   Tidswell, Robert ^a   Tripathi, Dhiraj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

endoscopy; gastric varices; gastrointestinal bleeding; portal hypertension; thrombin

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; THROMBIN; HEMOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH VARICES; STOMACH VARICES BLEEDING; SURVIVAL; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; COMPLICATION; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; HEMOSTASIS, ENDOSCOPIC; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84904063657     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000000119     Document Type: Article

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