title: Intractable bleeding from anorectal varices relieved by inferior mesenteric vein ligation.
abstract: Intractable anorectal variceal bleeding is an uncommon manifestation of portal hypertension, distinct from simple hemorrhoids, that is managed with therapies as conservative as bedrest, stool softeners, and correction of coagulopathy and those as invasive as portosystemic shunt. In this case report, instant variceal decompression and cessation of bleeding followed a novel treatment: inferior mesenteric vein ligation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hunter Holmes McGuire Medical Center, Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University, RIchmond.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: McGuire
mesh_terms: D001004:Anus Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008297:Male; D008642:Mesenteric Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology