title: [The emergency portacaval shunt in the treatment of persistent hemorrhage from gastroesophageal varices (author's transl)].
abstract: From 1963 to March 1980 a delayed portacaval emergency shunt was carried out in 103 unselected patients with persistent hemorrhage from gastroesophageal varices. A portacaval shunt was not performed in patients with hepatic coma and renal insufficiency. Operative mortality was 29% with 10% in cases with risk A, 26% in cases with risk B, and 58% in risk C according to Child's classification.
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000150:complications; D004630:Emergencies; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D011167:Portacaval Shunt, Surgical
vernacular_title: Der portocavale Notshunt bei der konservativ nicht stillbaren Oesophagusvaricenblutung.