Survival after distal splenorenal shunt.
These data support the conclusions that the distal splenorenal shunt is attended by the highest post-shunt survival as yet reported for patients with non-alcoholic cirrhosis, portal hypertension and bleeding varices; the procedure is safe, and in this series, the mortality has been nil for 66 consecutive operations. An analysis of the causes of death suggests that continued alcohol abuse plays an important part in the late mortality among those in the post-shunt alcoholic cirrhosis group.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013162:Splenic Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*