Both medical therapy and endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) have proven to be comparable in the prevention of variceal rebleeding. However, the long-term results are still lacking. Our previous study enrolled 121 patients with history of esophageal variceal bleeding and randomized to receive EVL (EV
Prevention of Esophageal Variceal Rebleeding
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- Book ID
- 118653947
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- Chinese
- Weight
- 119 KB
- Volume
- 69
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1726-4901
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