A controlled study of the prophylactic portacaval shunt. A final report

Ann Intern Med. 1969 Apr;70(4):675-88. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-70-4-675.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Controlled Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Alcohol Drinking
  • Alcoholism / complications
  • Ascites / epidemiology
  • Bilirubin / blood
  • Brain Diseases / epidemiology
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Disability Evaluation
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / mortality
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / prevention & control*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / mortality
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / prevention & control*
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Portal / surgery*
  • Liver Cirrhosis / etiology
  • Liver Cirrhosis / surgery*
  • Liver Function Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • Peptic Ulcer / epidemiology
  • Portacaval Shunt, Surgical*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Prothrombin Time
  • Serum Albumin / analysis
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Serum Albumin
  • Bilirubin