Meta-analysis: beta-blockers versus banding ligation for primary prophylaxis of esophageal variceal bleeding

Category Structured summary of systematic reviews
JournalDatabase of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
Year 2012
CRD SUMMARY: The authors concluded that endoscopic variceal banding ligation appeared to be superior to beta-blockers in preventing the first variceal bleed but this finding was not supported by high quality studies. This was a well-conducted review and the authors' conclusions are likely to be reliable. The conclusions did not address the results relating to adverse events.
Epistemonikos ID: 976fe1a8a893dddf8057c1b02898c80e51bafb84
First added on: Jan 13, 2015