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Comparative study of endoscopy vs. transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in the management of gastric variceal bleeding

Background and Aim: Gastric varices are associated with high mortality. There have been conflicting reports on whether endoscopic treatment with cyanoacrylate or the placement of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is more effective in the treatment of gastric varices. We compared...

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Autores principales: Kochhar, Gursimran Singh, Navaneethan, Udayakumar, Hartman, Jason, Mari Parungao, Jose, Lopez, Rocio, Gupta, Ranjan, Kapoor, Baljendra, Mehta, Paresh, Sanaka, Madhu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4324874/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25673803
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gastro/gou095