title: The role of the distal splenorenal shunt in the sclerotherapy era?
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Henderson
mesh_terms: D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D004724:Endoscopy; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D012008:Recurrence; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D013164:Splenorenal Shunt, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D015996:Survival Rate