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Prevention of Rebleeding From Esophageal Varices in Patients With Cirrhosis Receiving Small-Diameter Stents Versus Hemodynamically Controlled Medical Therapy

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Tilman Sauerbruch, Martin Mengel, Matthias Dollinger, Alexander Zipprich, Martin Rössle, Elisabeth Panther, Reiner Wiest, Karel Caca, Albrecht Hoffmeister, Holger Lutz, Rüdiger Schoo, Henning Lorenzen, Jonel Trebicka, Beate Appenrodt, Michael Schepke

Patients with cirrhosis and variceal hemorrhage have a high risk of rebleeding. We performed a prospective randomized trial to compare the prevention of rebleeding in patients given a small-diameter covered stent vs those given hepatic venous pressure … Continue reading →

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