title: Update of endoscopic band ligation therapy for treatment of esophageal varices.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Van Stiegmann
mesh_terms: 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