Outcomes of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt through the left branch vs. the right branch of the portal vein in advanced cirrhosis: A randomized trial

Liver International

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1101-1109

  Chen, Lei ^a   Xiao, Tianli ^a   Chen, Wensheng ^a   Long, Qingling ^a   Li, Rongjun ^a   Fang, Dianchun ^a   Wang, Rongquan ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Encephalopathy; Follow up; Portal hypertension; Portal vein; Trial

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT BRANCH PORTAL VEIN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PORTAL VEIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; RIGHT BRANCH PORTAL VEIN; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ASCITES; COST SAVINGS; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PORTAL VEIN; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650445797     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2009.02016.x     Document Type: Article

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