title: INTERIM EXPERIENCE WITH A CONTROLLED STUDY OF PROPHYLACTIC PORTACAVAL SHUNT.
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism; D001201:Ascites; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices; D005853:Geriatrics; D006470:Hemorrhage; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis; D009026:Mortality; D011167:Portacaval Shunt, Surgical
keywords: ALCOHOLISM; ASCITES; ESOPHAGEAL VARICES; GERIATRICS; HEMORRHAGE; HEPATIC COMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MORTALITY; PORTACAVAL ANASTOMOSIS