Long-term follow-up of children with extrahepatic portal vein obstruction: impact of an endoscopic sclerotherapy program on bleeding episodes, hepatic function, hypersplenism, and mortality.

Maksoud-Filho, João Gilberto

Long-term follow-up of children with extrahepatic portal vein obstruction: impact of an endoscopic sclerotherapy program on bleeding episodes, hepatic function, hypersplenism, and mortality. [electronic resource] - Journal of pediatric surgery Oct 2009 - 1877-83 p. digital

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article

1531-5037

10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.02.074 doi


Adolescent
Child
Endoscopy--methods
Esophageal and Gastric Varices--surgery
Esophagoscopy
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage--surgery
Humans
Hypersplenism
Hypertension, Portal--therapy
Liver Diseases
Longitudinal Studies
Portal Vein
Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical
Recurrence
Retrospective Studies
Sclerotherapy--methods
Splenorenal Shunt, Surgical
Treatment Outcome
Venous Thrombosis--surgery