Endoscopic Treatment for a Gash in the Esophagus Caused When Inserting the Overtube During Esophageal Variceal Ligation
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Complete esophageal obstruction following endoscopic variceal ligation.
Endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) is the standard-of-care therapy for treating and preventing recurrence of acute esophageal variceal hemorrhage.1 EVL can also be used to prevent a patient’s first variceal bleeding episode, particularly in patients who have medium or large varices showing high-risk signs for bleeding or patients who are intolerant to β-blocker therapy.1-3 EVL has supplanted th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endoscopy
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0013-726X,1438-8812
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1004292