Oozing Papilloma over an Esophageal Varix: First Report of Endoscopic Band Ligation Treatment
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Emergency treatment of esophageal varix incarceration in the endoscope and ligation device during endoscopic variceal rubber band ligation.
Sclerotherapy and endoscopic esophageal variceal ligation (EVL) are commonly used to treat and prevent variceal bleeding. As of today, there has been no report on an unexpected incarceration of a varix hooked on with the bands from the endoscopic EVL device. We recently experienced this emergency while using the 7-band ring endoscopic EVL device (Boston Scientific Corp., Boston, MA) for prophyl...
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عنوان ژورنال: Advanced Research in Gastroenterology & Hepatology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2472-6400
DOI: 10.19080/argh.2017.07.555720