Comparison of argon plasma coagulation and paravariceal injection sclerotherapy with 1% polidocanol in mucosa-fibrosing therapy for esophageal varices

J Gastroenterol. 2004;39(4):397-9. doi: 10.1007/s00535-003-1309-2.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Argon / therapeutic use
  • Electrocoagulation / methods*
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / therapy*
  • Esophagoscopy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intralesional
  • Ligation
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Noble Gases / therapeutic use
  • Polidocanol
  • Polyethylene Glycols / administration & dosage*
  • Recurrence
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Sclerosing Solutions / administration & dosage*
  • Sclerotherapy / methods
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Noble Gases
  • Sclerosing Solutions
  • Polidocanol
  • Polyethylene Glycols
  • Argon