Caval stenting and side-to-side portocaval shunt in the treatment of Budd-Chiari syndrome

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 168, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 651-653

  Balducci, Genoveffa ^a   Lucandri, Giorgio ^b   Mercantini, Paolo ^a   Di Giacomo, Giovanni ^a   Amodio, Pietro Maria ^a   D'Amico, Gennaro ^c   Salvatori, Filippo M ^a   Ziparo, Vincenzo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c VILLA SOFIA CERVELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; HEPARIN; HYDROXYUREA; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CAVA VEIN; CAVOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMANS; PORTACAVAL SHUNT, SURGICAL; STENTS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0347926352     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11024150201680016     Document Type: Article

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