Surgical procedures in portal hypertension
Bürger, K.; Zimmermann, H.B.
Zentralblatt für Chirurgie 102(18): 1089-1096
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-409X PMID: 335718 Document Number: 121833
Successful therapy of portal hypertension and especially bleeding oesophageal varices can only be achieved by decompressing surgical measures. An emergency porto-caval shunt has the advantage of short operating time and optimal decompression. Blocking procedures are only indicated in rare cases. In the time free of bleeding spleno-renal-anastomosis is the procedure of choice. Postoperative encephalopathy is still a menace in surgery of portal hypertension.