Hepatic portal venous gas: Physiopathology, etiology, prognosis and treatment

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 29, 2009, Pages 3585-3590

  Abboud, Bassam ^a   El Hachem, Jad ^a   Yazbeck, Thierry ^a   Doumit, Corinne ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Abdominal computed tomography scan; Bowel ischemia necrosis; Chemotherapy; Crohn's disease; Diverticulitis; Gastric pathologies; Hepatic portal venous gas; Liver transplantation; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; IRINOTECAN; OXALIPLATIN;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVERTICULITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEPATIC PORTAL VENOUS GAS; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOIDECTOMY; STOMACH PARESIS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; EMBOLISM, AIR; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; ISCHEMIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PORTAL VEIN; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349562983     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.3585     Document Type: Editorial

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