Liver Transplantation during Fifty-Three Years’ Experience with Randomized Controlled Trials of Emergency Portacaval Shunt for Bleeding Esophageal Varices in Cirrhosis
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Copyright: © 2013 Orloff MJ. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Abbreviations: LT: Liver Transplantation; BEV: Bleeding Esophageal Varices; TIPS: Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt; EPCS: Emergency Portacaval Shunt; PSE: Portal Systemic Encephalopathy; RCT: Randomized Controlled Trial; UCSD: University of California, San Diego; UGI: Upper Gastrointestinal; ICU: Intensive Care Unit; PCS: Portacaval Shunt; EGD: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy; EEST: Emergency Endoscopic Sclerotherapy; HV: Hepatic Vein; IVC: Portal Vein; PV: Portal Vein; PRBC: Packed Red Blood Cells; PTFE: Polytetrafluorethylene; HGPCS: Prosthetic H-Graft Portacaval Shunt; DSRS: Distal Splenorenal Shunt Abstract
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