title: Endoscopic varix ligation: a promising new technique?
abstract: Endoscopic varix ligation is a new promising endoscopic method which compete with endoscopic sclerotherapy both during acute bleeding and the chronic setting where the aim is to obliterate varices as soon as possible with minimal side effects.
authors.affiliation: Service médico-chirurgical d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Hôpital Erasme, ULB.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Adler
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delhaye
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deviere
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: el Alami
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gay
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Le Moine
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vandermeeren
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Van Gossum
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cremer
mesh_terms: D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation / Q000379:methods; D015911:Sclerotherapy