Surgical Management in Portal Hypertension
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چکیده
Bleeding from esophagogastricvarices is a catastrophic complication of chronic liver disease. There are various treatments for esophagogastricvarices, such as endoscopic treatment, in‐ terventional radioligy, and surgical procedure [1-3]. Recently, "General Rules for Recording Endoscopic Findings of EsophagogastricVarices [4]" were establised and endoscopic treat‐ ment further improved survival rates [5].
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