Optimal Management of the Splenic Vein at the Time of Venous Resection for Pancreatic Cancer: Importance of the Inferior Mesenteric Vein

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 917-921

  Pilgrim, Charles H C ^a   Tsai, Susan ^a   Tolat, Parag ^a   Patel, Parag ^a   Rilling, William ^a   Evans, Douglas B ^a   Christians, Kathleen K ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Inferior mesenteric vein; Pancreas cancer; Sinistral hypertension; Splenic vein; Venous resection

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIGATION; MALE; MESENTERIC VEIN; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; SPLENIC VEIN;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIGATION; MALE; MESENTERIC VEINS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PORTAL VEIN; SPLENIC VEIN;

EID: 84900297449     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-013-2428-6     Document Type: Article

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