Prevalence of portal hypertensive colopathy and its relevance to previous history of endoscopic esophageal variceal ligation or injection /
دراسة معدل التغيرات التى تصيب القولون من جراء ارتفاع ضغط الدم فى الوريد البابى ودرجة تأثيرها بحقن دوالى المعدة والمرئ أو ربطها
Mohammed Elsayed Mahmoud Owid ; Supervised Ebtissam Zakaria , Amal Fathy Radwan , Hussein Okasha
- Cairo : Mohammed Elsayed Mahmoud Owid , 2012
- 181P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine
Portal hypertensive colopathy (PHC) is a gastrointestinal complication of portal hypertension . There is a large discrepancy between previous studies regarding prevalence of portal colopathy and its correlation with other factors . The aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence and factors affecting colonic mucosal changes in patients with liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension