Pylephlebitis of the portal vein complicating intragastric migration of an adjustable gastric band

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 369-371

  De Roover, Arnaud ^a   Detry, Olivier ^a,b   Coimbra, Carla ^a   Hamoir, Etienne ^a   Honoré, Pierre ^a   Meurisse, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Band erosion; Gastric banding; Gastroplasty; Morbid obesity; Portal vein thrombosis; Pylephlebitis; Reoperation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LIVER ENZYME; SILICONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EROSION; ESOPHAGOJEJUNOSTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTROPLASTY; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER FAILURE; MORBID OBESITY; PORTAL VEIN INFECTION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; STOMACH; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645294374     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/096089206776116363     Document Type: Article

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