Metallic stents for low invasive recanalization of the portal veins with cancerous invasion - First case report

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 551-553

  Watanabe, Y ^a   Sato, M ^a   Abe, Y ^a   Ueda, S ^a   Kashu, H ^a   Nakamura, Y ^a   Kawachi, K ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Metallic stent; Portal hypertension; Portal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; STENOSIS; STENT;

AGED; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PORTAL PRESSURE; PORTAL VEIN; STENTS;

EID: 0031959858     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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