Will transcatheter embolotherapy replace surgery in the treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding?

Current Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 323-327

  Patel, Tarak H ^a   Cordts, Paul R ^a   Abcarian, Peter ^b   Sawyer, Michael A ^a  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lower gastrointestinal bleeding; Transcatheter embolization; Upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038363126     PISSN: 01497944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7944(01)00417-2     Document Type: Article

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