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Gastroenterology Research and Practice, Volume 2015, Issue 1, 2015., 2015 A systematic review of the literature was performed to analyze the association between portal vein thrombosis (PVT) and survival in non‐liver‐transplant patients with liver cirrhosis. PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library databases were searched for all relevant papers which evaluated the prognostic value of PVT in predicting the survival of liver ...
Xingshun Qi +6 more
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Gallbladder Cancer in the 21st Century
Journal of Oncology, Volume 2015, Issue 1, 2015., 2015 Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is an uncommon disease in the majority of the world despite being the most common and aggressive malignancy of the biliary tree. Early diagnosis is essential for improved prognosis; however, indolent and nonspecific clinical presentations with a paucity of pathognomonic/predictive radiological features often preclude accurate ...
Rani Kanthan +4 more
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Management of Bleeding in Extrahepatic Portal Venous Obstruction
International Journal of Hepatology, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013 Extrahepatic portal venous obstruction, although rare in the western world, is a common cause of major and life threatening upper gastrointestinal bleeding among the poor in developing countries. Patients have large spleens and stunted growth. The diagnosis is easily confirmed by Doppler ultrasonography.
N. Chaudhary +4 more
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The effects of portacaval shunt upon hepatic cholesterol synthesis and cyclic AMP in dogs and baboons [PDF]
, 1980 Hepatic cholesterol synthesis, hepatic cyclic AMP, and portal and peripheral insulin and glucagon levels were investigated in nine dogs and three baboons after complete portacaval shunt.
Benichou, J +3 more
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The effect of partial portacaval transposition on the canine liver [PDF]
, 1967 The influence of nonhepatic splanchnic venous blood on dog liver morphology and biochemical content was investigated by performing partial portacaval transposition, anastomosing the supra-adrenal inferior vena cava to either the right or left branch of ...
Brown, BI +4 more
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Diabetes and portacaval anastomosis: A prospective, controlled investigation
Gastroenterology, 1978 Harold O. Conn +3 more
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Surgical complications in human orthotopic liver transplantation. [PDF]
, 1987 Between March 1, 1980 and December 31, 1984, 393 orthotopic liver transplantations (OLT) were performed in 313 consecutive recipients. Technical complications were responsible for a substantial morbidity (41/393 allograft loss--10.4%) and mortality (26 ...
Gordon, RD +3 more
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Portacaval shunt for glycogen storage disease and hyperlipidaemia. [PDF]
, 1977 Complete portacaval shunt was used to treat 10 patients with glycogen storage disease. A favourable effect was noted on body growth and a number of metabolic abnormalities.
Benichou, J +3 more
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The many faces of multivisceral transplantation [PDF]
, 1991 The transplantation of multiple abdominal viscera, including liver-duodenum-pancreas, liver-stomach-duodenum-pancreas and liver-intestine, is being performed with increasing frequency and success.
Abu-Elmagd, K +6 more
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, 1979 Human liver transplantation, which was first performed in man in Denver 15 years ago, has finally come of age in the past 2 years. The 1 year survival has improved from 28 per cent to 50 per cent in the recent Denver Second Series.
Koep, LJ, Starzl, TE, Terblanche, J
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