title: A controlled study of the therapeutic portacaval shunt.
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology; D001900:Boston; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000150:complications; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011167:Portacaval Shunt, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology