Transient chylous ascites following a distal splenorenal shunt

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 32, 2000, Pages 531-532

  Edoute, Yeouda ^a   Nagachandran, Pradeep ^a   Assalia, Ahmed ^a   Ben Ami, Haim ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chylous ascites; Conservative therapy; Warren shunt

Indexed keywords

MEDIUM CHAIN TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BED REST; CASE REPORT; CHYLOUS ASCITES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SPLENORENAL SHUNT;

AGED; CHYLOUS ASCITES; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPLENORENAL SHUNT, SURGICAL; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0034001171     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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