[Selective distal spleno-renal shunt. A report of 14 patients (author's transl)].
Fourteen cirrhotic patients underwent distal splenorenal shunt to prevent recurrent hemorrhage from oesophageal varices. No post-operative mortality was observed. Transitory chylous ascites occured in 1 patient, portal thrombosis with concomitant early rebleeding in another one. Hypersplenism was improved post-operatively. Porto-caval encephalopathy was not observed. With a follow-up between 3 and 27 months, one single patient died from hepatic failure, variceal bleeding did not reccur in long term survivors.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000601:surgery; D013162:Splenic Vein / Q000601:surgery
L'anastomose spléno-rénale distale (opération de Warren): 14 observations.