A controlled study of the therapeutic portacaval shunt

Gastroenterology. 1974 Nov;67(5):843-57.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Alcoholism / complications
  • Ascites / etiology
  • Boston
  • Diabetes Complications
  • Duodenal Ulcer / complications
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / etiology
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / epidemiology
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Hepatic Encephalopathy / epidemiology
  • Hepatic Encephalopathy / etiology
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis / complications
  • Liver Cirrhosis / drug therapy
  • Liver Cirrhosis / etiology
  • Liver Cirrhosis / mortality
  • Liver Cirrhosis / surgery*
  • Liver Function Tests
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Portacaval Shunt, Surgical* / methods
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Prospective Studies
  • Rupture, Spontaneous / etiology