Laparoscopic splenectomy and esophagogastric devascularization is a safe, effective, minimally invasive alternative for the treatment of portal hypertension with refractory variceal bleeding

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-39

  Zheng, Xin ^a,b   Liu, Qingguang ^a   Yao, Yingmin ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

esophagogastric devascularization; laparoscopy; portal hypertension; refractory variceal bleeding; splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLEEDING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVASCULARIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SPLENECTOMY AND ESOPHAGOGASTRIC DEVASCULARIZATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPEN SPLENECTOMY AND ESOPHAGOGASTRIC DEVASCULARIZATION; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH VARICES BLEEDING; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 84872359887     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: 15533514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1553350612441863     Document Type: Article

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