Selective versus non-selective shunts for the prevention of variceal rebleeding
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Roseline Ede; Martin Brand; Chikwendu Ede
- Source
- Cochrane Database Syst Rev
- Subject
- Medicine General & Introductory Medical Sciences
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Internal medicine
Cardiology
Medicine
Portal hypertension
Pharmacology (medical)
business
medicine.disease
- Language
- ISSN
- 1465-1858
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the benefits and harms of any type of selective shunt versus any type of non‐selective shunt for the prevention of oesophagogastric variceal rebleeding in people with portal hypertension.