Hepatic portal vein gas: Clinical features and outcomes

American Surgeon

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 526-529

  Najafian, Hadi ^a   Habibi, Mehran ^a   Reilly, Terrance ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAS; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GASES; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0042266404     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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