Watermelon stomach: Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 652-661

  Novitsky, Yuri W ^a   Kercher, Kent W ^a   Czerniach, Donald R ^a   Litwin, Demetrius E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Argon plasma coagulator; Gastric surgery; Laparoscopy; Nd:YAG laser; Occult GI bleeding; Vascular ectasia; Watermelon stomach

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; CYPROHEPTADINE; OCTREOTIDE; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; STOMACH DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATERMELON STOMACH;

EID: 0038042359     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(02)00435-3     Document Type: Article

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