Isolated gastric varices resulting from iatrogenic splenic vein occlusion: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 542-544

  Tsuchida, Shinobu ^a   Ku, Yonson ^a   Fukumoto, Takumi ^a   Tominaga, Masahiro ^a   Iwasaki, Takeshi ^a   Kuroda, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Iatrogenic gastric varices; Left sided portal hypertension; Splenic vein occlusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELIAC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LEFT SIDED PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PROPHYLACTIC SURGERY; PROPHYLAXIS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC VEIN OCCLUSION; STOMACH VARICES; STOMACH VARICES BLEEDING; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN OCCLUSION; VEIN RESECTION;

EID: 0038352174     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10595-002-2519-7     Document Type: Article

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