Emergency transjugular intrahepatic portasystemic stent shunting as salvage treatment for uncontrolled variceal bleeding

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 1994, Pages 1324-1327

  McCormick, P A ^a   Dick, R ^a   Panagou, E B ^a   Chin, J K T ^a   Greenslade, L ^a   McIntyre, N ^a   Burroughs, A K ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HEPATIC VEINS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PORTAL VEIN; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, SURGICAL; RECURRENCE; SALVAGE THERAPY; STENTS; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0028142870     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800810922     Document Type: Article

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