title: Portasystemic shunts for portal hypertension: early and late results in a personal series of 140 operations.
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000401:mortality; D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D004630:Emergencies; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000209:etiology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008722:Methods; D011167:Portacaval Shunt, Surgical / Q000401:mortality; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000502:physiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013997:Time Factors; D014690:Venous Pressure