Splenectomy in chronic hepatic disorders: Portal vein thrombosis and improvement of liver function

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-14

  Ushitora, Yuichiro ^a   Tashiro, Hirotaka ^a   Takahashi, Shoichi ^a   Amano, Hironobu ^a   Oshita, Akihiko ^a   Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Chayama, Kazuaki ^a   Ohdan, Hideki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interferon; Portal vein thrombosis; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BILIRUBIN; INTERFERON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC VEIN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BILIRUBIN; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; HYPERSPLENISM; INTERFERONS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN SIZE; PLATELET COUNT; PORTAL VEIN; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC VEIN; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 79551554581     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321886     Document Type: Article

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