title: Side-to-side portacaval shunt versus nonsurgical treatment of Budd-Chiari syndrome.
abstract: Although a side-to-side portacaval shunt will relieve some patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome, distinction between relief as a result of operation and spontaneous recovery may be inexact. A nonshunting operation relieved one of two patients as much as a side-to-side portacaval shunt did. In these two patients and one additional patient, streptokinase therapy may have been beneficial.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001201:Ascites / Q000601:surgery; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006529:Hepatomegaly; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011167:Portacaval Shunt, Surgical; D011859:Radiography; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging