Randomized Trial of Emergency Endoscopic Sclerotherapy Versus Emergency Portacaval Shunt for Acutely Bleeding Esophageal Varices in Cirrhosis

BACKGROUND: The mortality rate of bleeding esophageal varices in cirrhosis is highest during the period of acute bleeding. This is a report of a randomized trial that compared endoscopic sclerotherapy (EST) with emergency portacaval shunt (EPCS) in cirrhotic patients with acute variceal hemorrhage....

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Veröffentlicht in:J Am Coll Surg
Hauptverfasser: Orloff, Marshall J, Isenberg, Jon I, Wheeler, Henry O, Haynes, Kevin S, Jinich-Brook, Horacio, Rapier, Roderick, Vaida, Florin, Hye, Robert J
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: 2009
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6420230/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19651060
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.02.059
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