title: Present status of surgical treatment of esophageal varices in Japan: a nationwide survey of 3,588 patients.
mesh_terms: D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D004630:Emergencies; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D008722:Methods; D011167:Portacaval Shunt, Surgical; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013164:Splenorenal Shunt, Surgical