Small-diameter portacaval H-graft shunt: A paradigm shift back to surgical shunting in the management of variceal bleeding in patients with preserved liver function

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 459-465

  Hillebrand, Donald J ^a,b   Kojouri, Kourosh ^a,b   Cao, Sean ^a,b   Runyon, Bruce A ^a,b   Ojogho, Okechukwu ^a,b   Concepcion, Waldo ^a,b  

^a Division of Gastroenterology Hepatology   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0033942818     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2000.6141     Document Type: Article

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