1990
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 countriesBleedingSchistosomiasisMortality
1988
Distal splenorenal vs. portal‐systemic shunts after hemorrhage from varices: A randomized controlled trial
Grace N, Conn H, Resnick R, Groszmann R, Atterbury C, Wright S, Gusberg R, Vollman R, Garcia‐Tsao G, Fisher R, O'Hara E, McDermott W, Maselli J, Widrich W, Matloff D, Horst D, Banks N, Alberts J. Distal splenorenal vs. portal‐systemic shunts after hemorrhage from varices: A randomized controlled trial. Hepatology 1988, 8: 1475-1481. PMID: 3056820, DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840080602.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDistal splenorenal shunt groupPortal-systemic shuntsDistal splenorenal shuntShunt groupSplenorenal shuntVariceal hemorrhageMajor variceal hemorrhageReasonable operative riskRecurrent variceal hemorrhageGroup of patientsPortal venous flowShunt patientsAngiographic evidenceLate mortalityOperative mortalityCirrhotic patientsLiver groupOperative riskRenal veinInferior venaAngiographic demonstrationVenous flowPatientsTotal mortalityShunt