Therapeutic Effect of Esophageal Varices Using Endoscopic Variceal Ligation
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منابع مشابه
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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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Progress of Digestive Endoscopy(1972)
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0389-9403,2189-0021
DOI: 10.11641/pdensks.47.0_124