title: [Shunt surgery with reference to indications for liver transplantation].
abstract: Sclerotherapy and protosystemic shunt surgery are established procedures for treating bleeding esophageal varices. Liver transplantation (OLT) has not yet been established as primary therapy of portal hypertension. In a series of 43 patients with uncontrollable bleeding, shunt surgery was employed in 26 patients with contra-indications to OLT and in 2 whose liver disease had not progressed. In the remaining 15 patients, OLT was performed in urgent (n = 8) and emergency settings (n = 7). The results obtained indicate that immediate shunting in nontransplant candidates results in one-year survival for 67-83% of Child's class A or B Patients and only 42% Child's C category regardless of the type of shunt procedure performed. In transplant candidates with a similar risk status (Child's B and C) 5 of 8 patients receiving an urgent transplant and 4 of 7 patients receiving emergency OLT during active bleeding survived for one year or more. These results indicate that bleeding varices can be treated successfully by OLT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Broelsch
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vogelbach
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Emond
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Thistlethwaite
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Woodle
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Whitington
mesh_terms: D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000601:surgery*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000601:surgery*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D011170:Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation
vernacular_title: Shuntchirurgie im Hinblick auf die Indikation zur Lebertransplantation.