1994
A Comparative Clinical Study of Idiopathic Portal Hypertension, Extrahepatic Portal Vein Thrombosis, and Cirrhosis
Orozco H, Takahashi T, Garcia-Tsao G, Mercado M, Prado E, Nava R. A Comparative Clinical Study of Idiopathic Portal Hypertension, Extrahepatic Portal Vein Thrombosis, and Cirrhosis. Journal Of Clinical Gastroenterology 1994, 19: 217-221. PMID: 7806833, DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199410000-00010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtrahepatic portal vein thrombosisIdiopathic portal hypertensionPortal vein thrombosisLiver cirrhosisPortal hypertensionVein thrombosisClinical featuresLC patientsComparative clinical studySeparate clinical entityLiver failureLaboratory variablesClinical entityRetrospective studyClinical studiesPatientsStatistical differenceHypertensionCirrhosisThrombosisHigher proportionSurvivalSimilar distributionGroup
1992
Elective treatment of bleeding varices with the Sugiura operation over 10 years
Orozco H, Mercado M, Takahashi T, Hernández-Ortiz J, Capellán^S J, Garcia-Tsao G. Elective treatment of bleeding varices with the Sugiura operation over 10 years. The American Journal Of Surgery 1992, 163: 585-589. PMID: 1595838, DOI: 10.1016/0002-9610(92)90562-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSugiura operationOperative mortality rateEarly postoperative periodDevascularization operationEncephalopathy ratesLow rebleedingPortal hypertensionPostoperative periodElective treatmentTherapeutic armamentariumOperative procedureEsophageal fistulaMortality ratePatientsRebleedingHypertensionVaricesFistulaTransectionGroupHepatopathyArmamentariumShunt