Partial splenic embolization using polyvinyl alcohol particles for hypersplenism in cirrhosis: A prospective randomized study

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-106

  Zhu, Kangshun ^a   Meng, Xiaochun ^a   Li, Zhengran ^a   Huang, Mingsheng ^a   Guan, Shouhai ^a   Jiang, Zaibo ^a   Shan, Hong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Catheter; Embolization, material; Embolization, techniques; Hypersplenism, cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; LIVER; PLATELETS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS;

CIRRHOSIS; GELFOAM PARTICLES; HYPERSPLENISM; PARTIAL SPLENIC EMBOLIZATION (PSE);

PATIENT TREATMENT;

GELFOAM; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPLEEN SIZE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; GELATIN SPONGE, ABSORBABLE; HUMANS; HYPERSPLENISM; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41149108708     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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