title: Use of interposed polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE) graft in distal splenorenal shunt.
abstract: Two patients with massive upper gastrointestinal hemorrhages required transsplenic decompression of the esophageal varices, but because technical difficulties precluded tension-free anastomoses, interposition of PTFE grafts was used to solve these difficult situations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Flushing Hospital and Medical Center, Flushing, New York.
authors.forename: A Addison
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Barman
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Batiuchok
authors.forename: Saqib S.
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Chaudry
authors.forename: John J.
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Creedon