Management of Patients with Portal Hypertension Undergoing Venous-Shunt Surgery

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THE dangers of surgery in patients with liver disease have long been recognized but poorly understood. With the recent development of venous-shunt surgery for the relief of portal hypertension a relatively large group of such patients have become available for study. This report represents ten years' experience with 129 patients undergoing 140 anastomoses and attempted anastomoses between the portal and systemic venous systems. Correlation of preoperative clinical and laboratory findings with operative and immediate postoperative events has provided prognostic criteria for the selection and management of this particular group of patients — and for the management of any patient with . . .

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