Effects of splenectomy on liver volume and prognosis of cirrhosis in patients with esophageal varices

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 77-80

  Tomikawa, Morimasa ^a   Hashizume, Makoto ^a   Akahoshi, Tomohiko ^a   Shimabukuro, Rinshun ^a   Gotoh, Norikazu ^a   Ohta, Masayuki ^a   Sugimachi, Keizo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypersplenism; Liver cirrhosis; Liver volume; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS TRANSECTION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSPLENISM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLEROTHERAPY; SPLENECTOMY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0036227525     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2002.02656.x     Document Type: Article

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