The effect of portacaval shunting in the alcoholic cirrhotic on serum cholesterol concentration. A retrospective study.
Preoperative and postoperative cholesterol levels were obtained by retrospective analysis of 28 patients subjected to successful portalsystemic decompression. The average cholesterol values showed a statistically significant decline from 189-161 mg.%.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000097:blood / Q000601:surgery; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011167:Portacaval Shunt, Surgical; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors
D002784:Cholesterol