Esophagogastric devascularization as the last option in the management of variceal bleeding

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 49, Issue 43, 2002, Pages 244-246

  Král, Vladimír ^a   Klein, Jirí ^a   Havlík, Roman ^a   Aujeský, René ^a   Utíkal, Petr ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Devascularization; Esophageal gastric disconnection; Portal hypertension; Variceal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVASCULARIZATION; DISEASE COURSE; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS TRANSECTION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCLEROTHERAPY; STOMACH SURGERY; SUGIURA OPERATION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036221698     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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