Distal inferior mesenteric veins to renal vein shunt for treatment of bleeding anorectal varices: Case report and review of literature

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1264-1266

  Rahmani, Omid ^a   Wolpert, Lorraine M ^a   Drezner, A David ^a,b  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY VEIN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MESENTERIC VEIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VARICOSIS; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0036998088     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2002.129644     Document Type: Article

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