Role of argon plasma coagulation in treatment of esophageal varices

With the development of endoscopic therapy, argon plasma coagulation (APC) has been widely used by endoscopists. It has many advantages, such as simple to operate, low cost, and minimal invasiveness. Because of its capability of lesion ablation and hemostasis, APC has several indications in the gast...

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Autores principales: Song, Ying, Feng, Yuan, Sun, Li-Hui, Zhang, Bo-Jiang, Yao, Hong-Juan, Qiao, Jing-Gui, Zhang, Shu-Fen, Zhang, Ping, Liu, Bin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7829739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33553390
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v9.i3.521
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Sumario:With the development of endoscopic therapy, argon plasma coagulation (APC) has been widely used by endoscopists. It has many advantages, such as simple to operate, low cost, and minimal invasiveness. Because of its capability of lesion ablation and hemostasis, APC has several indications in the gastrointestinal tract. One of them is esophageal varices. The aim of this review is to summarize the research on APC in this field to provide a reference for clinical practice.

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