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Injection sclerotherapy of oesophageal varices

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Surgery of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract

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The three techniques of injection sclerotherapy are intravariceal, paravariceal and the combination of both intravariceal and paravariceal methods.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Cape Town, South Africa

    J. E. J. Krige FRCS, FCS(SA) (Associate Professor)

  2. MRC Liver Research Centre, University of Cape Town, South Africa

    John Terblanche ChM, FRCS, FCS(SA) (Professor and Head, Department of Surgery and Co-Director)

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  1. J. E. J. Krige FRCS, FCS(SA)
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  1. Department of Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, University of Adelaide, 5000, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

    Glyn G. Jamieson FRACS, FACS (Dorothy Mortlock Professor of Surgery) (Dorothy Mortlock Professor of Surgery)

  2. University of California, 513 Parnassus Avenue, S-320, 94143-0104, San Francisco, California, USA

    Haile T. Debas MD (M. Galante Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Dean of the School of Medicine) (M. Galante Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Dean of the School of Medicine)

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Krige, J.E.J., Terblanche, J. (1994). Injection sclerotherapy of oesophageal varices. In: Jamieson, G.G., Debas, H.T. (eds) Surgery of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6621-6_2

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