Fundal varices: Problem and management

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 26, 1999, Pages 849-854

  Abdel Wahab, M ^a   El Ebidy, G ^a   Gad El Hak, N ^a   Abou Elenin, A ^a   Abou Zid, M ^a   El Ghawalby, N ^a   Sultan, A ^a   El Fiky, A ^a   Fathy, O ^a   Ezzat, F ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bleeding varices; Distal splenorenal shunt; Fundal varices; Sclerotherapy; Splenectomy and gastroesophageal decongestion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCLEROTHERAPY; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH FUNDUS; STOMACH SURGERY; STOMACH VARICES;

ADULT; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC FUNDUS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; SCLEROTHERAPY; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENORENAL SHUNT, SURGICAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032906075     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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