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Role of band ligation for secondary prophylaxis of variceal bleeding

AIM: To summarize and critically examine the role of band ligation in secondary prophylaxis of variceal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis. METHODS: A literature review was performed using the MEDLINE and PubMed databases. The search terms consisted of the words “endoscopic band ligation” OR “varic...

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Autores principales: Aggeletopoulou, Ioanna, Konstantakis, Christos, Manolakopoulos, Spilios, Triantos, Christos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6048424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30018485
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v24.i26.2902