... and Prevalence Worldwide in 2012. http://globocan.iarc.fr/Pages/fact_sheets_cancer.aspx . 3. Giannini EG, Savarino V, Farinati F, et al: Influence of clinically significant portal hypertension on survival after hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic patients. Liver Int 2013;33:1594-1600...

...Antoine Camerlo; Regis Fara; Louise Barbier; Emilie Grégoire; Yves Patrice Le Treut Background: Portal biliopathy refers to abnormalities of the biliary tract developing in relation to portal hypertension. Portosystemic splenorenal or mesenterico-caval shunting is a safe and effective method...

...Zheng Xin; Liu Qingguang; Yao Yingmin Background/Aim: Total laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) + esophagogastric devascularization (ED) has been accepted as a safe treatment for patients with portal hypertension and serious gastroesophageal varices in China. This study was carried out to determine...

...Anthony M. Wheatley; Heinz U. Rieder; Larisa V. Kuznetsova; Xing-yi Zhang; Christian Seiler; Robert T. Mathie End-stage liver diseases are associated with profound derangement of hepatic hemodynamics including portal hypertension, portal systemic shunting, reduced portal venous blood flow, elevated...

...C.J. Kelley; I.S. Benjamin; L.H. Blumgart One hundred and one patients with post-cholecystectomy biliary strictures have been studied. On admission, 13 had a diagnosis of portal hypertension made on examination or following endoscopy and/or selective coeliac angiography. All patients had...

... Gastroesophageal Varices Charles B. Ross, John R. Potts, III Department of Surgery. Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tenn., USA Key Words. Portal hypertension Left gastric-vena caval shunt Distal splenorenal shunt Abstract. Reported is a case of selective variceal decompression by combined...

...Donald L. Jacobs; Joseph C. Anderson; Robert A. Cormier; Layton F. Rikkers Postprandial portal vein flow (PVF) was measured using duplex ultrasound in healthy controls, patients with nonshunted portal hypertension and patients with distal splenorenal shunts (DSRS). In the fasting state, PVF...

...Paolo Negro; Giancarlo Flati; Donato Flati; Barbara Porowska; Domenico Tuscano; Arnaldo Bianchini; Manlio Carboni A fatal case of acute fulminant bleeding in pancreatitis associated with portal hypertension and caused by rupture of the splenic vein is reported, and the pathological and clinical...

...Richa Lal; Shaleen Agarwal; Rakesh Shivhare; Ashok Kumar; Sadiq S. Sikora; Vinay K. Kapoor; Rajan Saxena Objectives: The presentation of choledochal cysts (CDCs) is altered by complications such as acute severe cholangitis, hepatolithiasis, spontaneous perforation, portal hypertension, pancreatitis...

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.... Materials and Methods: Consecutive patients with portal hypertension, prospectively studied and diagnosed to have IGV2, were assessed for their time of appearance – primary (at first presentation) or secondary (after obliteration of oesophageal varices), association with other varices, portal hypertensive...

... collateral veins. This usually is the most tedious part when performing a resection of the pancreatic head, in particular if there are signs of portal hypertension. Portal vein pathology contributes to intra- and postoperative morbidity in pancreatic surgery. Operative Technique: Instead of dissecting...

...J.A. Diez-Arias; M.A. Aller; M.D. Palma; J.L. Arias; E. Muñiz; M. Sánchez; J. Arias Background: Enteropathy characterized by vascular and inflammatory alterations in the submucosa and mucosa has been described in patients with portal hypertension. Aims: To verify the theory of inflammatory...

... and embolization, supports the role of TIPS and suggests that its association to embolization can be valuably considered in the difficult setting of portal hypertension with bleeding duodenal varices. 20 10 2000 A 40-year-old Black male with a history of alcohol dependence, but no previous abdominal...

...Markus Naef; Fernando Holzinger; Andreas Glättli; Beat Gysi; Hans Ulrich Baer Colonic variceal bleeding is a rarity and is most commonly due to portal hypertension. The present report describes a patient with portal hypertension due to portal vein thrombosis who, following esophageal transection...