Endoscopic varix ligation: a promising new technique?
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.
Adler
M
M
Service médico-chirurgical d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Hôpital Erasme, ULB.
Bourgeois
N
N
Delhaye
M
M
Deviere
J
J
el Alami
S
S
Gay
F
F
Le Moine
O
O
Vandermeeren
A
A
Van Gossum
A
A
Cremer
M
M
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