Effectiveness of Rex shunt in the treatment of portal hypertension

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 108-112

  Dasgupta, Roshni ^a   Roberts, Eve ^a   Superina, Riccardo A ^b   Kim, Peter C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Portal hypertension; Portal venous thrombosis; Rex shunt

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; LENGTH OF STAY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; OPERATION DURATION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REX SHUNTING; SHUNTING; SPLEEN SIZE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 30344452329     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.10.059     Document Type: Article

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