A child with cryptogenic cirrhosis underwent a third session of elective sclerotherapy. Endoscopic therapy consisted of intravascular injection of ethanolamine oleate in varices newly developed at the midesophagus level. Irreversible paraplegia was documented within 8 hr postoperatively. Two years l
Evaluation of patient outcome following sclerotherapy for esophageal varices
β Scribed by Michihiro Sumino; Atsushi Toyonaga; Kyuichi Tanikawa
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 622 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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