Incidence and predictors of rebleeding after band ligation of oesophageal varices

Arab Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 135-141

  Mostafa, Ehab F ^a   Mohammad, Asmaa N ^b  

^a ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Sohag University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Early rebleeding; Oesophageal varices; Portal hypertension; Variceal band ligation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; PROTHROMBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CHILD PUGH SCORE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EGYPT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC VARICEAL LIGATION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPLENOMEGALY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; VEIN LIGATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPLICATION; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; INCIDENCE; LIGATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EGYPT; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84920986201     PISSN: 16871979     EISSN: 20902387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajg.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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