Open AccessUpdate on Shunt Surgery
Author(s) -
Tim R. Glowka,
Jörg C. Kalff,
Steffen Manekeller
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
visceral medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.598
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2297-475X
pISSN - 2297-4725
DOI - 10.1159/000507125
Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , portal hypertension , surgery , transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt , liver function , portosystemic shunt , decompensation , complication , esophageal varices , cirrhosis , varices , shunt (medical) , transplantation , gastroenterology
Bleeding from esophagogastric varices is a life-threatening complication from portal hypertension. It occurs in 15% of patients and has a mortality rate of 20-35%.