Partial splenic embolization in patients with cirrhosis: Efficacy, tolerance and long-term outcome in 32 patients

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-184

  N'Kontchou, Gisèle ^a   Seror, Olivier ^a   Bourcier, Valérie ^a   Mohand, Djamila ^a   Ajavon, Yves ^a   Castera, Laurent ^a   Grando Lemaire, Véronique ^a   Ganne Carrie, Nathalie ^a   Sellier, Nicolas ^a   Trinchet, Jean Claude ^a   Beaugrand, Michel ^a  

^a HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Complications; Hypersplenism; Liver abscess; Partial splenic embolization

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; MORPHINE; OFLOXACIN; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PARTIAL SPLENIC EMBOLIZATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PURPURA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLEEN BLOOD FLOW; SPLENIC VEIN; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSPLENISM; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENIC DISEASES; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20044378281     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200502000-00008     Document Type: Article

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