Comparison of the long-term results of distal splenorenal shunt and esophageal transection for the treatment of esophageal varices

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 36, 2000, Pages 1619-1621

  Tajiri, T ^a   Onda, M ^a   Yoshida, H ^a   Mamada, Y ^a   Taniai, N ^a   Yamashita, K ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distal splenorenal shunt; Esophageal transection; Esophageal varices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS TRANSECTION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPLENORENAL SHUNT; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLENORENAL SHUNT, SURGICAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033637798     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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