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Splenopneumopexy: Decompression of Portal Hypertension in the Setting of Portal Venous Occlusive Disease

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Jeffrey M. Sutton, Tayyab S. Diwan, Sandra L. Starnes & Shimul A. Shah

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, USA

    Michael S. Nussbaum

  3. Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Doan Vu

  4. Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, 231 Albert Sabin Way, ML 0558, MSB 2006C, Cincinnati, OH, 45267-0558, USA

    Shimul A. Shah

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Sutton, J.M., Nussbaum, M.S., Vu, D. et al. Splenopneumopexy: Decompression of Portal Hypertension in the Setting of Portal Venous Occlusive Disease. Dig Dis Sci 60, 1101–1105 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-014-3405-y

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