Update of endoscopic band ligation therapy for treatment of esophageal varices.
Van Stiegmann
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Head Gastrointestinal, Tumor and Endocrine Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Denver Veterans Affairs Hospital, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA. greg.stiegmann@UCHSC.edu
D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016558:Hemostasis, Endoscopic; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation