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Fig. 1 | World Journal of Surgical Oncology

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From: Emergency endoscopic variceal ligation following variceal rupture in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma and portal vein tumor thrombosis: a retrospective study

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Flowchart of the study cohort selection. A total of 2123 hepatocellular carcinoma patients who were admitted to the Kyoundo Hospital between January 2007 and December 2012 were retrospectively registered in the database. Among these, 472 patients (22.2 %) had a portal vein tumor thrombus, and 62 (62/472; 13.1 %) experienced bleeding varices. HCC hepatocellular carcinoma, PVTT portal vein tumor thrombus

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World Journal of Surgical Oncology

ISSN: 1477-7819

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