rate could be lowered [5] and survival prolonged. 9,10 Studies Patients who have bled from varices remain at risk with rubber band ligation have shown that in addition to for rebleeding. There is interest in methods that would being safer than sclerotherapy, 11-14 ligation can further lower enable r
Clinical trial of prophylactic endoscopic variceal ligation for esophageal varices
β Scribed by Hiroyuki Kishimoto; Masahiko Sakai; Toru Kajiyama; Ayao Torii; Shunji Ueda; Yutaka Shimada; Kazutomo Inoue; Masayuki Imamura; Minoru Okuma
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 736 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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