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Emergency endoscopic variceal ligation in cirrhotic patients with blood clots in the stomach but no active bleeding or stigmata increases the risk of rebleeding

BACKGROUND/AIMS: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of emergency variceal ligation for the prevention of rebleeding in cirrhotic patients who are found on initial endoscopy to have blood clots in the stomach but no actively bleeding esophageal and gastric varices or stigmata. METHO...

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Autores principales: Kim, Su Jin, Choi, Cheol Woong, Kang, Dae Hwan, Kim, Hyung Wook, Park, Su Bum, Hong, Young Mi, Yoon, Ki Tae, Cho, Mong, Nam, Hyung Seok, Islam, SM Bakhtiar UI
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5266350/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28081590
http://dx.doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2016.0063