Experience with duplex sonographic evaluation of meso-Rex bypass in extrahepatic portal vein obstruction

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 403-409

  Chen, Wei ^a   Rodriguez Davalos, Manuel I ^a   Facciuto, Marcelo E ^a   Rachlin, Susan ^a  

^a WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Duplex sonography; Extrahepatic portal vein obstruction; Meso Rex bypass; Portal venous flow

Indexed keywords

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SURGERY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

FLOW DIRECTION; HEMODYNAMIC CHANGES; MESO-REX BYPASS; PEDIATRIC PATIENTS; PORTAL VEINS; POSTOPERATIVE STUDY; REVERSED FLOW; SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEVICES; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATIC VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, SURGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 79952139737     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2011.30.3.403     Document Type: Article

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