title: Surgery in the treatment of bleeding oesophageal varices--new appraisal?
authors.affiliation: Fourth Department of Surgery, University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Höckerstedt
mesh_terms: D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000601:surgery*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011167:Portacaval Shunt, Surgical; D011170:Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical; D012008:Recurrence