LATE RESULTS OF ESOPHAGOGASTRIC DEVASCULARIZATION AND SPLENECTOMY ASSOCIATED WITH ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH SCHISTOSOMIASIS

BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is endemic problem in Brazil affecting about three to four million people, and digestive hemorrhage caused by esophageal varices rupture is the main complication of the disease. Surgical treatment has become a therapeutic option, especially for secondary prophylaxis after...

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Published in:Arq Bras Cir Dig
Main Authors: da SILVA-NETO, Walter De Biase, QUIREZE-JÚNIOR, Claudemiro, TREDICCI, Thiago Miranda
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgia Digestiva 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4737362/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26537146
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0102-67202015000300013
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