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