Total embolization of the main splenic artery as a supplemental treatment modality for hypersplenism

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 2953-2957

  He, Xin Hong ^a,b   Li, Wen Tao ^a,b   Peng, Wei Jun ^a,b   Li, Guo Dong ^a,b   Wang, Sheng Ping ^a,b   Xu, Li Chao ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY SHANGHAI CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coil embolization; Hypersplenism; Liver cirrhosis; Splenic artery

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NAUSEA; SPLEEN ARTERY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

EID: 79959654821     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i24.2953     Document Type: Article

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