THE dangers of surgery in patients with liver ... whom had bled massively from esophageal varices. Portal hypertension was on the basis of cirrhosis in 100 patients and secondary to extrahepatic ...

Background: Portal hypertension (PHT ... Specifically, the advantages and disadvantages of surgery that preserves the spleen and the long-term hematologic effects have not been described.

Treatment for portal hypertension in patients with cirrhosis is based on the use of β-blockers with or without organic nitrates; however, these agents are effective in less than 50% of patients ...

Six episodes of pneumococcal peritonitis in five patients with postnecrotic cirrhosis, portal hypertension and ascites are reported. This diagnosis must be considered when fever or abdominal ...

These animals develop cirrhosis, portal hypertension, and HPS at 4–5 weeks after surgery. Most other animal models of cirrhosis, such as that induced by carbon tetrachloride, have not proved ...

Portal hypertension is responsible for the major complications of cirrhosis such as ... and intra-abdominal surgery (e.g., ...

Cirrhosis is a condition in which scar tissue ... Su, MD, professor of internal medicine and surgery at the University of Michigan Medical School and chief of the Gastroenterology and Hepatology ...

cirrhosis and portal hypertension. In the pre-specified per-protocol population, the 2 mg/kg dose of belapectin significantly reduced the development of esophageal varices compared to placebo (p 0 ...

Right now, patients with obesity and cirrhosis have few treatments for their progressive liver disease, but a new study offers one available option: bariatric surgery. Weight loss operations ...