Management of gastric variceal bleeding: Role of endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasound

World Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 130-136

  Girotra, Mohit ^a   Raghavapuram, Saikiran ^a   Abraham, Rtika R ^b   Pahwa, Mrinal ^c   Pahwa, Archna R ^d   Rego, Rayburn F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

^d LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Balloonoccluded retrograde transvenous obliteration; Endoscopic ultrasound; Endoscopic variceal obliteration; Endoscopy; Gastric; Ligation; Management; Sclerotherapy; Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt; Varices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987915600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v6.i3.130     Document Type: Short Survey

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