%0 Journal Article %T Outcome of Esophageal Variceal Ligation in Cirrhotic Patients: Experience in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Dhaka %A Md Nazmul Hoque %A Shireen Ahmed %A Tareq Mahmud Bhuiyan %J BIRDEM Medical Journal %D 2019 %R https://doi.org/10.3329/birdem.v9i1.39727 %X Background: Bleeding from esophageal varices in cirrhosis is an emergency condition. Esophageal varices band ligation has shown better results in terms of variceal obliteration as well as having fewer side effects like ulceration, perforation and stricture formation %U https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BIRDEM/article/view/39727