ENDOSCOPIC VARIX LIGATION - A PROMISING NEW TECHNIQUE

Authors
ADLER M BOURGEOIS N DELHAYE M DEVIERE J ELALAMI S GAY F LEMOINE O VANDERMEEREN A VANGOSSUM A CREMER M
Citation
M. Adler et al., ENDOSCOPIC VARIX LIGATION - A PROMISING NEW TECHNIQUE, Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica, 56(2), 1993, pp. 179-183
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00015644
Volume
56
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
179 - 183
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5644(1993)56:2<179:EVL-AP>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Endoscopic varix ligation is a new promising endoscopic method which c ompete with endoscopic sclerotherapy both during acute bleeding and th e chronic setting where the aim is to obliterate varices as soon as po ssible with minimal side effects.