Massive gastrointestinal bleeding from colonic varices in a patient with portal hypertension

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 709-712

  Naef, Markus ^a,b   Holzinger, Fernando ^a   Glättli, Andreas ^a   Gysi, Beat ^a   Baer, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Colonic varices; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Portal hypertension; Portal vein thrombosis

Indexed keywords

SCLEROSING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DISEASE; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS TRANSECTION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; SCLEROTHERAPY; VARICOSIS;

EID: 0031720720     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018664     Document Type: Article

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