Splenectomy associated with ligature of the left gastric vein in children with surgical schistosomiasis: analysis of the hepatic functional reserve
Splenectomy and ligature of the left gastric vein in children with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni and bleeding esophageal varices produce a decrease of the portal hepatic blood flow and increase in the hepatic arterial flow. The effects of these hemodinamic changes in the liver could, theoret...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia
1997-09-01
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| Series: | Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-86501997000300002&tlng=en |