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Surgical treatment of portal hypertension.
The surgical treatment of portal hypertension has laxed and waned over the past century. Decompressive shunts for variceal bleeding hit their peak in the 1970s, but dissatisfaction with encephalopathy and liver failure led to further developments with selective shunts and devascularization procedures in the 1970s and early 1980s. Liver transplant is the major operative intervention currently in use and of advantage to patients with portal hypertension. The role of the surgeon is as part of the team involved in the full evaluation of patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension with its complications. The current repertoire of surgical options includes decompressive shunts, either total, partial or selective, devascularization procedures and liver transplantation. These options must be fitted into the overall management schema of pharmacologic and endoscopic therapy as the first-line approaches to managing these patients.
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