Treatment of Esophageal Variceal Hemorrhage with Self-Expanding Metal Stents as a Rescue Maneuver in a Swiss Multicentric Cohort

Acute esophageal variceal bleeding in patients with portal hypertension remains a complication with a high mortality today. In cases refractory to standard therapy including endoscopic band ligation and pharmacological therapy, traditionally balloon tamponade has been used as salvage therapy. Howeve...

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Autores principales: Fierz, Fabienne C., Kistler, Walter, Stenz, Volker, Gubler, Christoph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2013
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Published online: March, 2013
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3617972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23626509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000350192

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3617972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23626509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000350192

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