Portasystemic Shunts in 102 Patients with Portal Hypertension

Abstract

DURING the past fifteen years an increasing number of portasystemic shunts have been performed at the Lahey Clinic. Some patients did not fit into the accepted criteria for operability^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}; yet a significant number of them have in fact had a prolonged period of survival.Clinical MaterialAll 102 patients included in the study had either a portacaval or a splenorenal shunt for the relief of the complications arising from portal hypertension. At the time of operation the ages of the patients ranged from seven to seventy-three years. Fifty-three were males, and 49 were females (Table 1).In general, these . . .