Portasystemic shunting procedures for portal hypertension. Twenty-six year experience in adults with cirrhosis of the liver.

Adult Aged Alcoholism/complications Ascites/surgery Cerebrovascular Disorders Female Follow-Up Studies Hemorrhage Humans Hypertension, Portal/etiology,surgery Liver/physiopathology Liver Cirrhosis/complications,etiology,surgery Male Methods Middle Aged Portacaval Shunt, Surgical/mortality Postoperative Complications