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LATE RESULTS OF ESOPHAGOGASTRIC DEVASCULARIZATION AND SPLENECTOMY ASSOCIATED WITH ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH SCHISTOSOMIASIS

BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is endemic problem in Brazil affecting about three to four million people, and digestive hemorrhage caused by esophageal varices rupture is the main complication of the disease. Surgical treatment has become a therapeutic option, especially for secondary prophylaxis after...

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Autores principales: da SILVA-NETO, Walter De Biase, QUIREZE-JÚNIOR, Claudemiro, TREDICCI, Thiago Miranda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgia Digestiva 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4737362/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26537146
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0102-67202015000300013