Scarring. Not enough blood flow to the area. Sores (ulcers) at the anastomosis caused by smoking or taking aspirin or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicines (NSAIDs) too often. Vomiting of ...

In this particular report no attempt has been made to analyze these patients according to the extent of portacaval shunts or according to the severity of the derangement in liver function by ...

A very important factor in determining the immediate operative outcome was the choice of type of anastomosis—portacaval or splenorenal (Table 5). There were 24 portacaval anastomoses in patients ...