Portal vein thrombosis in the adult: Surgical implications in an era of dynamic imaging

American Surgeon

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 681-685

  Alam, Hasan ^a   Kim, Donald ^a   Provido, Haydee ^a   Kirkpatrick, John ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEVASCULARIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, SURGICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; INTESTINES; ISCHEMIA; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, SURGICAL; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030756128     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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