Prospective study of portasystemic encephalopathy after emergency portacaval shunt for bleeding varices
β Scribed by Richard H. Bell Jr.; Paul V.B. Hyde; William P. Skivolocki; John E. Brimm; Marshall J. Orloff
- Book ID
- 117025304
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 739 KB
- Volume
- 142
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9610
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## Background Emergency treatment of bleeding esophageal varices (BEV) in cirrhotic patients is of prime importance because of the high mortality rate surrounding the episode of acute bleeding. Nevertheless, there is a paucity of randomized controlled trials of emergency surgical therapy and no rep