Practical Aproach to Variceal Gastrointestinal Bleeding – Association of Polish Surgeons Guidelines

• Authors: Grzegorz Wallner , Michał Solecki , Andrzej Dąbrowski , Grzegorz Ćwik , Andrzej Dąbrowski , Andrzej Matyja , Paweł Lampe , Adam Dziki
• Languages of publication: EN
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 86
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 248-256

Dates

published

1 - 5 - 2014

online

1 - 7 - 2014

received

28 - 4 - 2014

Contributors

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Grzegorz Wallner

• 2nd Department of General, Gastrointestinal and Oncological Surgery of Alimentary Tract, Medical University in Lublin,

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Michał Solecki

• 2nd Department of General, Gastrointestinal and Oncological Surgery of Alimentary Tract, Medical University in Lublin

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Andrzej Dąbrowski

• 2nd Department of General, Gastrointestinal and Oncological Surgery of Alimentary Tract, Medical University in Lublin

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Grzegorz Ćwik

• 2nd Department of General, Gastrointestinal and Oncological Surgery of Alimentary Tract, Medical University in Lublin

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Andrzej Dąbrowski

• Department of Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine, Medical University in Białystok

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Andrzej Matyja

• Department of General, Oncological and Gastrointestinal Surgery, University Hospital in Cracow

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Paweł Lampe

• Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Central Clinical Hospital, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice

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Adam Dziki

• Department of General and Colorectal Surgery, University Clinical Hospital, Military Medical Academy – Central Veterans’ Hospital in Łódź

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/pjs-2014-0044