Emergency splenic arterial embolization for massive variceal bleeding in liver recipient with left-sided portal hypertension

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1136-1139

  Ou, Hsin You ^a   Huang, Tung Liang ^a   Chen, Tai Yi ^a   Tsang, Leo Leung Chit ^a   Concejero, Allan M ^a   Chen, Chao Long ^a   Cheng, Yu Fan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; STEEL; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPLEEN ARTERY; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EMERGENCIES; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; SPLENIC ARTERY; SPLENIC VEIN; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 25144494764     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20543     Document Type: Article

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