title: [Distal spleno-caval shunt in 66 patients with portal hypertension].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the long-term results and operative experience of distal splenocaval shunt.
  
  
  METHODS
  66 patients with portal hypertension were treated by distal spleno-caval shunt. Of these patients 57 were males and 9 females with a mean age of 39 years. All the patients were followed up.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The operative mortality rate was 7.58%. Only 5 patients experienced recurrent bleeding (7.58%). None of the patients had clinical hepatic encephalopathy. Five-year survival rate was 70.45%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Distal splenocaval shunt is suitable for portal hypertension patients with hepatopetal portal flow.
authors.affiliation: Hepatobiliary Surgery Center, Southwestern Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bie
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010536:Peritoneovenous Shunt / Q000379:methods*; D013164:Splenorenal Shunt, Surgical / Q000379:methods*