2016
Randomized trial of 1‐week versus 2‐week intervals for endoscopic ligation in the treatment of patients with esophageal variceal bleeding
Sheibani S, Khemichian S, Kim JJ, Hou L, Yan AW, Buxbaum J, Dara L, Laine L. Randomized trial of 1‐week versus 2‐week intervals for endoscopic ligation in the treatment of patients with esophageal variceal bleeding. Hepatology 2016, 64: 549-555. PMID: 27082942, PMCID: PMC4956532, DOI: 10.1002/hep.28597.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEsophageal variceal bleedingVariceal bleedingVariceal eradicationAcute esophageal variceal bleedingBeta-blocker therapyProportion of patientsTreatment of patientsNumber of endoscopiesMean numberLigation sessionsChest painPrimary endpointAdverse eventsClinical outcomesEndoscopic ligationLast endoscopyPhysician preferencePatientsBleedingSuccessful ligationEndoscopyConfidence intervalsEradicationLigationWeeks
1996
Randomized comparison of ligation versus ligation plus sclerotherapy in patients with bleeding esophageal varices
Laine L, Stein C, Sharma V. Randomized comparison of ligation versus ligation plus sclerotherapy in patients with bleeding esophageal varices. Gastroenterology 1996, 110: 529-533. PMID: 8566601, DOI: 10.1053/gast.1996.v110.pm8566601.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEsophageal varicesVariceal eradicationCombined therapyTreatment sessionsMajor bleedingMean followEndoscopic sclerotherapyHospital daysRepeat endoscopyRandomized comparisonSclerotherapyVaricesPatientsAbstractTextTherapyMore sessionsLigationEradicationComplicationsSignificant differencesAIMSTreatmentSessionsGreater timeBleeding
1993
Endoscopic ligation compared with sclerotherapy for the treatment of bleeding esophageal varices.
Laine L, el-Newihi HM, Migikovsky B, Sloane R, Garcia F. Endoscopic ligation compared with sclerotherapy for the treatment of bleeding esophageal varices. Annals Of Internal Medicine 1993, 119: 1-7. PMID: 8498757, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-119-1-199307010-00001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of deathEsophageal varicesVariceal eradicationEndoscopic examinationLigation groupInitial endoscopic examinationUrban county hospitalKaplan-Meier estimatesLigation treatmentTransfusion requirementsVariceal obliterationFurther bleedingHospital stayEndoscopic sclerotherapyEndoscopic therapyEsophageal ulcerLocal complicationsRecurrent varicesBlood transfusionSevere bleedingEndoscopic ligationTreatment failureEsophageal strictureCounty HospitalSclerotherapy