Veno-occlusive disease of the liver: surgical aspects
Surgery
; 49(3): 334-46, Mar. 1961.
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ABSTRACT
Veno-occlusive disease of the liver is a recently established disease entity. Its etiology, pathology, and symptomatology, and natural history are discussed on the basis of 99 cases of this disease so far authenticated at the University College of the West Indies. In the surgical literature the disease is added to the list of causes of intra-hepatic portal hypertension, and the cases of 4 patients are presented in detail in whom portacaval anastomoses were performed for the decompression of esophageal varices. The surgical implications of this disease have been stated and some of the difficulties enountered in the treatment of portal hypertension in infants and children outlined (Summary)
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Hepatopatia Veno-Oclusiva
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Surgery
Ano de publicação:
1961
Tipo de documento:
Article