Medscape

Factors Predicting Success of Endoscopic Variceal Ligation for Secondary Prophylaxis of Esophageal Variceal Bleeding

All patients who underwent EVL for treatment of acute variceal bleeding followed by EVL for secondary prophylaxis and who subsequently developed recurrent variceal bleeding at the Mayo Clinic, ...
Nature

Endoscopic variceal ligation—is there any benefit to placing more than six bands?

You have full access to this article via your institution. To determine if patient and procedure-related outcomes following EVL are influenced by the number of bands placed at EVL. This 5-year, single ...
Medscape

Factors Predicting Success of Endoscopic Variceal Ligation for Secondary Prophylaxis of Esophageal Variceal Bleeding

During the study period January 1995–May 2003, 216 patients suffered an acute esophageal variceal hemorrhage and underwent emergent EVL treatment with follow-up EVL to obliterate varices (secondary ...