Comment on

• Esophageal balloon tamponade versus esophageal stent in controlling acute refractory variceal bleeding: A multicenter randomized, controlled trial.

  Escorsell À, Pavel O, Cárdenas A, Morillas R, Llop E, Villanueva C, Garcia-Pagán JC, Bosch J; Variceal Bleeding Study Group. Escorsell À, et al. Hepatology. 2016 Jun;63(6):1957-67. doi: 10.1002/hep.28360. Epub 2016 Jan 14. Hepatology. 2016. PMID: 26600191 Clinical Trial.
• The use of esophageal stent in controlling acute refractory variceal bleeding.

  Lo GH. Lo GH. Hepatology. 2017 Jan;65(1):385-386. doi: 10.1002/hep.28750. Epub 2016 Aug 23. Hepatology. 2017. PMID: 27480593 No abstract available.