Thrombosis or compression of the IVC maintains a high pressure in the infrahepatic IVC, therefore a portacaval or mesocaval shunt will not provide decompression, whereas a shunt from the portal or ...

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This did not occur in subjects with portacaval shunts. The authors are grateful to Mr. Jose Martinez de Jesus for technical advice, to Mrs. Josefina Aviles for technical assistance and to Miss ...

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 ...

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