text: Abdominal approach for the ligation of bleeding oesophageal varices.
  The conventional surgical treatment of bleeding oesophageal varices in the emergency situation is based upon the Boerema-Crile operation of transthoracic oesophagotomy and ligation of the varices. This and the other methods of treatment of this condition in current practice are discussed. Two cases are reported in which a transabdominal oesophagogastrotomy was used to approach the site of bleeding. This operation is described and the theoretical and practical advantages it appears to offer over the standard approach are considered.
  
entities: ['Abdominal']
entities: Organism_subdivision
entities: PMID-1078780_T1
entities: ['oesophageal varices']
entities: Multi-tissue_structure
entities: PMID-1078780_T2
entities: ['oesophageal varices']
entities: Multi-tissue_structure
entities: PMID-1078780_T3
entities: ['transthoracic']
entities: Organism_subdivision
entities: PMID-1078780_T4
entities: ['varices']
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entities: PMID-1078780_T5
entities: ['transabdominal']
entities: Organism_subdivision
entities: PMID-1078780_T6