Partial splenic embolization for gastroesophageal variceal bleeding: A potential long waiting to be tapped

Affiliations

¹ Department of Liver Transplantation and Hepatology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Liver Transplantation and Hepatology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, King Saud University, Riyadh Saudi Arabia; Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA.

Editorial

Hemant Sharma et al. Saudi J Gastroenterol. 2016 Nov.

. 2016 Nov;22(6):397-398.

doi: 10.4103/1319-3767.195557.

¹ Department of Liver Transplantation and Hepatology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Liver Transplantation and Hepatology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, King Saud University, Riyadh Saudi Arabia; Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA.

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