Endoscopic ultrasound-guided therapy of gastric varices with coils plus cyanoacrylate injection versus coiling alone: getting evidence-based data but are they comparable?

Endoscopy 2021; 53(01): 101
DOI: 10.1055/a-1214-6213

Letter to the editor

Rafael Romero-Castro

¹Endoscopy Unit, Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Gastroenterology Division, Seville, Spain

²Endoscopy Unit, Vithas Nisa Seville Hospital, Seville, Spain

,

Mark Ellrichmann

³Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

,

Victoria A. Jimenez-Garcia

¹Endoscopy Unit, Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Gastroenterology Division, Seville, Spain

²Endoscopy Unit, Vithas Nisa Seville Hospital, Seville, Spain

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