Splenic artery ligation and distal splenorenal shunt in schistosomiasis

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 108-111

  Melo, Valdinaldo A ^a,c   Melo, Gustavo B ^a   Ceneviva, Reginaldo ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Apt 301 Praia 13 Julho C ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

complications; distal splenorenal shunt; hypersplenism; mortality; splenic artery ligation

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLENORENAL SHUNT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIGATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPLENIC ARTERY; SPLENORENAL SHUNT, SURGICAL;

EID: 4143100670     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2004.03.021     Document Type: Article

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