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[Our judgements on the potential for surgical treatment of patients with liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension]. 1988

K N Tsatsanidi, and A K Eramishantsev, and I B Korshunov

The results of surgery of 267 patients with liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension were analyzed. Operation was indicated in actual danger of bleeding from varicose dilated esophageal and gastric veins; surgical intervention should be limited to selective portocaval anastomoses or to direct operation on esophageal and gastric veins. Indications for splenectomy in such patients should be limited. Analysis of the results of treatment of 80 patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis was indicative of some progress in therapy of patients with ascites resistant to drug therapy.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006975	Hypertension, Portal	Abnormal increase of resistance to blood flow within the hepatic PORTAL SYSTEM, frequently seen in LIVER CIRRHOSIS and conditions with obstruction of the PORTAL VEIN.	Cruveilhier-Baumgarten Disease,Cruveilhier-Baumgarten Syndrome,Cruveilhier Baumgarten Disease,Cruveilhier Baumgarten Syndrome,Disease, Cruveilhier-Baumgarten,Portal Hypertension,Portal Hypertensions,Syndrome, Cruveilhier-Baumgarten
D008103	Liver Cirrhosis	Liver disease in which the normal microcirculation, the gross vascular anatomy, and the hepatic architecture have been variably destroyed and altered with fibrous septa surrounding regenerated or regenerating parenchymal nodules.	Cirrhosis, Liver,Fibrosis, Liver,Hepatic Cirrhosis,Liver Fibrosis,Cirrhosis, Hepatic
D011167	Portacaval Shunt, Surgical	Surgical portasystemic shunt between the portal vein and inferior vena cava.	Eck Fistula,Portacaval Anastomosis,Portacaval Shunt,Shunt, Surgical Portacaval,Surgical Portacaval Shunt,Anastomoses, Portacaval,Anastomosis, Portacaval,Fistula, Eck,Portacaval Anastomoses,Portacaval Shunts,Portacaval Shunts, Surgical,Shunt, Portacaval,Shunts, Portacaval,Shunts, Surgical Portacaval,Surgical Portacaval Shunts
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D011379	Prognosis	A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease based on a individual's condition and the usual course of the disease as seen in similar situations.	Prognostic Factor,Prognostic Factors,Factor, Prognostic,Factors, Prognostic,Prognoses
D012008	Recurrence	The return of a sign, symptom, or disease after a remission.	Recrudescence,Relapse,Recrudescences,Recurrences,Relapses
D004932	Esophageal and Gastric Varices	Dilated blood vessels in the ESOPHAGUS or GASTRIC FUNDUS that shunt blood from the portal circulation (PORTAL SYSTEM) to the systemic venous circulation. Often they are observed in individuals with portal hypertension (HYPERTENSION, PORTAL).	Esophageal Varices,Gastric Varices,Esophageal Varix,Gastric Varix,Varices, Esophageal,Varices, Gastric,Varix, Esophageal,Varix, Gastric
D004947	Esophagus	The muscular membranous segment between the PHARYNX and the STOMACH in the UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT.
D006471	Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage	Bleeding in any segment of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT from ESOPHAGUS to RECTUM.	Hematochezia,Hemorrhage, Gastrointestinal,Gastrointestinal Hemorrhages,Hematochezias
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man