Laparoscopic splenectomy for variceal bleeding with non-cirrhotic portal vein thrombosis: A case report

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 50, 2003, Pages 574-576

  Tsukamoto, Tadashi ^a   Ikuta, Tsuyoshi ^a   Uenishi, Takahiro ^a   Shuto, Taichi ^a   Tanaka, Hiromu ^a   Kubo, Shoji ^a   Hirohashi, Kazuhiro ^a   Kinoshita, Hiroaki ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic splenectomy; Portal vein thrombosis; Variceal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; STOMACH VARICES; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ANGIOGRAPHY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; HYPERSPLENISM; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; SPLENECTOMY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0037349433     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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