A Prospective Randomized Study on the Risk of Bacteremia in Banding versus Sclerotherapy of Esophageal Varices

BACKGROUND: Esophageal variceal banding may be less likely to cause bacteremia than sclerotherapy. The existing data about the frequency of bacteremia after esophageal variceal banding are conflicting, and few studies include both banding and sclerotherapy. AIMS: We conducted a prospective randomize...

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Autores principales: Zuckerman, Marc J., Jia, Yi, Hernandez, Jesus A., Kolli, Venkateswara R., Norte, Arturo, Amin, Hemal, Casner, Nancy A., Dwivedi, Alok, Ho, Hoi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
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Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4852182/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27200352
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2016.00016

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