A fistula from the portal vein to the bile duct: An unusual complication of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1952-1955

  Willner, Ira R ^a,b   El Sakr, Reif ^a   Werkman, Robert F ^a   Taylor, W Zachary ^a   Riely, Caroline A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Division of Gastroenterology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BILE DUCT FISTULA; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOBILIA; HUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTEREMIA; BILE DUCTS; BILIARY FISTULA; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEMOBILIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 0032433784     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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