Therapeutic effects of endoscopic variceal ligation combined with partial splenic embolization for portal hypertension

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1072-1074

  Xu, Rui Yun ^a   Liu, Bo ^a   Lin, Nan ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; AZYGOS VEIN; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVASCULARIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLOW RATE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; LAPAROTOMY; LIGATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSTERNAL PAIN; SHUNTING; SPLEEN; SPLEEN ABSCESS; VEIN DIAMETER; VELOCITY;

EID: 1842767272     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i7.1072     Document Type: Article

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