Endoscopic Sclerotherapy for Bleeding Oesophageal Varices: Experience in Gezira State, Sudan
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Introduction: Bleeding due to oesophageal varices is the most common cause of upper gastrointestinal tract haemorrhage in Gezira State, Central Sudan. Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy (EST) is a valuable therapeutic modality for the management of variceal bleeding. Other options for treatment such as variceal band ligation are either expensive or unavailable. Objectives: A retrospective study...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Medicine. Gastroenterology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1178-119X
DOI: 10.4137/cgast.s7146