Small-Diameter Mesocaval Shunts: A 10-Year Evaluation

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 453-457

  Mercado, Miguel Angel ^a   Orozco, Hector ^a   Guillen Navarro, Erika ^a   Acosta, Erik ^a   Lopez Martinez, Luz Maria ^a   Hinojosa, Carlos ^a   Hernandez, Jorge ^a   Tielve, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Portal hypertension; Small diameter shunts; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; CAVA VEIN; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MESENTERIC VEIN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MESENTERIC VEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, SURGICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; VENAE CAVAE;

EID: 0034263431     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(00)80085-2     Document Type: Article

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