title: Treatment of chronic hepatic encephalopathy by the progressive suppression of a spontaneous portacaval shunt via the umbilical vein.
authors.affiliation: Hepatobiliary Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Paris Sud, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bismuth
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Leese
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011169:Portal Vein; D014471:Umbilical Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D014684:Venae Cavae