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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |