Case report: Successful treatment of bleeding jejunal varices using mesoportal recanalization and stent placement: Report of a case and review of the literature

Brain and Language

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 562-565

  Stafford Johnson, D B ^a   Narasimhan, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; CASE REPORT; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; JEJUNUM; JEJUNUM DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; STENT; THROMBOSIS; VARICOSIS; VASCULARIZATION; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CHOLEDOCHOJEJUNOSTOMY; GUIDE WIRE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RECANALIZATION;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; JEJUNAL DISEASES; JEJUNUM; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; STENTS; THROMBOSIS; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0031179239     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0009-9260(97)80339-x     Document Type: Review

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