Trashepatic left gastric vein embolization in the treatment of recurrent hemorrhaging in patients with schistosomiasis previously submitted to non-derivative surgery Embolização transhepática da veia gástrica esquerda no tratamento da recidiva hemorrágica em esquistossomóticos submetidos previamente a cirurgia não derivativa

CONTEXT: Non-derivative surgical techniques are the treatment of choice for the control of upper digestive tract hemorrhages after schistosomotic portal hypertension. However, recurrent hemorrhaging due to gastroesophagic varices is frequent. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the outcome of treatment based on...

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Main Authors: Paulo Fernandes Saad, Álvaro Razuk, Gustavo José Politzer Telles, Jong Hun Park, Fernando Pinho Esteves, Roberto Augusto Caffaro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2012-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032012000400002