Aggeletopoulou I, Konstantakis C, Manolakopoulos S, Triantos C. Role of band ligation for secondary prophylaxis of variceal bleeding. World J Gastroenterol 2018; 24(26): 2902-2914 [PMID: 30018485 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i26.2902]
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Christos Triantos, PhD, Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Patras, D. Stamatopoulou 4, Rio, Patras 26504, Greece. chtriantos@hotmail.com
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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 14, 2018; 24(26): 2902-2914 Published online Jul 14, 2018. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i26.2902
Table 1 Results from meta-analyses comparing band ligation with other interventions in terms of all-cause related rebleeding, variceal rebleeding, all-cause related mortality, bleeding related mortality and complication rates
Table 4 Results of individual trials comparing band ligation with other interventions in terms of variceal obliteration, rebleeding and variceal recurrence
Study (reference)
Treatment
Mean sessions to obliterate
Rate of obliteration /time to obliterate (%)
Rebleeding rate(%)
Variceal recurrence rate
Endoscopic band ligation vs endoscopic sclerotherapy
Citation: Aggeletopoulou I, Konstantakis C, Manolakopoulos S, Triantos C. Role of band ligation for secondary prophylaxis of variceal bleeding. World J Gastroenterol 2018; 24(26): 2902-2914