Kawasaki, S., Henderson, J.M., Hertzler, G. and Galloway, J.R. (1991) The role of continued drinking in loss of portal perfusion after distal splenorenal shunt. Gastroenterology; 100, 799-804 HPB INTERNATIONAL 71 Fifty percent of patients with alcoholic cirrhosis who undergo distal splenorenal shunting for variceal bleeding lose portal perfusion within 1 year. Although it was previously conside...
