Extrahepatic portal hypertension in children: Observations on three surgical procedures

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 679-684

  Rao, K L N ^a   Goyal, Anju ^a   Menon, Prema ^a   Thapa, B R ^a   Narasimhan, K L ^a   Chowdhary, S K ^a   Samujh, R ^a   Mahajan, J K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Extrahepatic portal hypertension; Hypersplenism; Portal pressures; Shunt surgery; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVASCULARIZATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; EXTRAHEPATIC PORTAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL DEVASCULARIZATION; HEMATOLOGY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEPSIS; SHUNT PATENCY; SIDE TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; SPLEEN REGRESSION; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC VEIN; SPLENOMEGALY; SPLENORENAL SHUNT; STOMACH VARICES; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSPLENISM; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENORENAL SHUNT, SURGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7644220148     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-004-1272-x     Document Type: Article

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