Partial versus total portacaval shunt in alcoholic cirrhosis: Results of a prospective, randomized clinical trial

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 219, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 353-361

  Sarfeh, I James ^a,b   Rypins, Eric B ^c  

^a VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0028324303     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199404000-00005     Document Type: Article

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