Role of the distal splenorenal shunt in management of variceal bleeding in Latin America
Orozco H, Mercado M, Takahashi T, García-Tsao G, Guevara L, Ortíz J, Hernández-Cendejas A, Tielve M. Role of the distal splenorenal shunt in management of variceal bleeding in Latin America. The American Journal Of Surgery 1990, 160: 86-89. PMID: 2368881, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9610(05)80874-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelective shuntWarren shuntPortal hypertensionSplenorenal shuntDistal splenorenal shuntNormal liver functionTreatment of choiceSplenocaval shuntOperative mortalityVariceal bleedingShunt thrombosisVenous diameterLiver functionShuntChild classHypertensionThrombosisPatientsTreatmentYearsRegular basisLatin American countriesBleedingSchistosomiasisMortalitySelective portal-systemic shunts for bleeding portal hypertension.
Orozco H, Mercado M, Takahashi T, García-Tsao G, Guevara L, Hernandez-Ortiz J, Tielve M. Selective portal-systemic shunts for bleeding portal hypertension. Revista De Investigación Clínica 1990, 42 Suppl: 165-9. PMID: 19256158.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedChildEsophageal and Gastric VaricesFemaleGastrointestinal HemorrhageHumansHypersplenismHypertension, PortalKaplan-Meier EstimateLiver CirrhosisMaleMiddle AgedPatient SelectionPortal VeinPortasystemic Shunt, SurgicalPostoperative ComplicationsRecurrenceRetrospective StudiesSeverity of Illness IndexThrombosisYoung AdultConceptsSelective shuntPortal hypertensionOperative mortalityChild A groupChild A patientsGlobal operative mortalityPortal-systemic shuntsGood liver functionTreatment of choiceElective fashionSplenocaval shuntWarren shuntPostoperative periodA patientsShunt thrombosisLiver functionHypertensionShuntPatientsA groupThrombosisMortalityYear periodTreatmentYears