Duodenal varices: A novel treatment and literature review

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 407-409

  Cottam, Daniel R ^a,c   Clark, Robert ^b   Hayn, Ernesto ^a   Shaftan, Gerald ^a  

^a NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BALLOON DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DUODENOSTOMY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; DUODENUM BLEEDING; DUODENUM VARICOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; DUODENUM; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; SUTURING METHOD; VASCULARIZATION;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DUODENUM; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLEROTHERAPY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0036580784     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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