Mesocaval Shunt: Patency After 22 Years: A Case Report

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 329-332

  Abu Judeh, Hani ^a   Bahramipour, Phillip ^b   Swan, Kenneth G ^c  

^a UMDNJ/NJMS ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPATIC COMA; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MESENTERIOCAVAL ANASTOMOSIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PORTAL HYPERTENSION;

ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MALE; MESENTERIC VEINS; MIDDLE AGED; SPLENORENAL SHUNT, SURGICAL; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0034947505     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857440103500415     Document Type: Article

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