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
1995
Endoscopic ligation compared with sclerotherapy for treatment of esophageal variceal bleeding. A meta-analysis.
Laine L, Cook D. Endoscopic ligation compared with sclerotherapy for treatment of esophageal variceal bleeding. A meta-analysis. Annals Of Internal Medicine 1995, 123: 280-7. PMID: 7611595, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-123-4-199508150-00007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEsophageal variceal bleedingTreatment of patientsEndoscopic ligationVariceal bleedingEsophageal varicesEndoscopic treatmentDuplicate data abstractionDuplicate independent reviewEndoscopic treatment sessionsRate of deathRelevant primary articlesReview of citationsVariceal obliterationBacterial peritonitisLigation therapyPulmonary infectionEsophageal strictureMethodologic qualitySclerotherapyMortality rateTreatment sessionsPatientsRelevant articlesPrimary investigatorUnpublished studies
1993
Randomized, prospective trial of direct current versus bipolar electrocoagulation for bleeding internal hemorrhoids
Yang R, Migikovsky B, Peicher J, Laine L. Randomized, prospective trial of direct current versus bipolar electrocoagulation for bleeding internal hemorrhoids. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1993, 39: 766-769. PMID: 8293898, DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5107(93)70261-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBipolar electrocoagulation groupElectrocoagulation groupBipolar electrocoagulationInternal hemorrhoidsTreatment groupsTreatment sessionsStandard medical therapyHaemorrhoid gradeProcedural painProspective trialMedical therapyRectal ulcerationUncontrollable bleedingHemorrhoidsRate of successPainTherapyPatientsGroupSessionsBleedingDirect current electrocoagulationUlcerationObliterationTrials