Characteristics and management of splenic artery aneurysm in liver transplant candidates and recipients

American Surgeon

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 933-940

  Heestand, Gregory ^a   Sher, Linda ^a   Lightfoote, Johnson ^a   Palmer, Suzanne ^a   Mateo, Rod ^a   Singh, Gagandeep ^a   Moser, Jennifer ^a   Selby, Rick ^a   Genyk, Yuri ^a   Jabbour, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLENECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0642307928     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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