Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 209, Issue 1 , Pages 25-40, July 2009

Randomized Trial of Emergency Endoscopic Sclerotherapy Versus Emergency Portacaval Shunt for Acutely Bleeding Esophageal Varices in Cirrhosis

  • Marshall J. Orloff, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Marshall J Orloff, MD, UCSD Medical Center, 200 West Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103–8999
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  • Jon I. Isenberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine/Gastroenterology, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA
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  • Henry O. Wheeler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine/Gastroenterology, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA
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  • Kevin S. Haynes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine/Gastroenterology, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA
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  • Horacio Jinich-Brook, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine/Gastroenterology, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA
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  • Roderick Rapier, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine/Gastroenterology, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA
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  • Florin Vaida, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Preventive Medicine/Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA
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  • Robert J. Hye, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA

Received 16 December 2008; received in revised form 13 February 2009; accepted 16 February 2009. published online 01 May 2009.

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 Supported by grant 1R01 DK41920 from the National Institutes of Health and a grant from the Surgical Education and Research Foundation.

PII: S1072-7515(09)00278-6

doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.02.059

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 209, Issue 1 , Pages 25-40, July 2009

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