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

Sauerbruch, Tilman; Mengel, Martin; Dollinger, Matthias; Zipprich, Alexander; Rössle, Martin; Panther, Elisabeth; Wiest, Reiner; Caca, Karel; Hoffmeister, Albrecht; H. Lutz, Holger; Schoo, Rüdiger; Lorenzen, Henning; Trebicka, Jonel; Appenrodt, Beate; Schepke, Michael; Fimmers, Rolf

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2015.05.011

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

Published in Gastroenterology • May 16, 2015

Authors:

Tilman Sauerbruch

Martin Mengel

Matthias Dollinger

Abstract

BACKGROUND & AIMS: 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 gradient (HVPG)-based medical...

Subject

Medicine

Esophageal varices

Cirrhosis

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