Vascular biliopathy as a cause of common bile duct obstruction successfully treated by mesocaval shunt and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography biliary stent placement

Vascular

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 356-358

  Rosenthal, Martin D ^a,c   White, Geoffrey H ^b   Stephen, Michael S ^b   Gallagher, James J ^b   Sandroussi, Charbel ^b  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Portal hypertension; Vascular biliopathy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMMON BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DACRON VASCULAR PROSTHESIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GASTROSCOPY; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MALE; MELENA; MESOCAVAL SHUNT; PORTAL HYPERTENSIVE BILIOPATHY; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; STOMACH VARICES;

ADULT; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLESTASIS, EXTRAHEPATIC; COMMON BILE DUCT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 65549117048     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6670.2008.00066     Document Type: Article

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