Portacaval Anastomosis

Congenital hepatic fibrosis.

“…Peptic ulcers were also present in two of the children reported by Kerr et al (1961), and peptic ulcers are known to be frequent in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis (Fainer and Halsted, 1955). Dyspepsia developed after the portal-caval anastomosis in patient 1, but although peptic ulceration after shunt procedures has been noted (Hourigan et al, 1971;Brown and Walker, 1967), there is no definite evidence that the incidence is higher than expected (Phillips et al, 1975). The importance of peptic ulcers in patients at risk from bleeding oesophageal varices is well recognized (Fainer and Halsted, 1955).…”

Results in 1,000 Cases of Therapeutic Abortion Managed by Vacuum Aspiration

“…6 Kerslake, D., and Casey, D., Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1967, 30, 35. 7Nillson, C. A., Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 1967, 46, 501.…”

ARTICLE THREE: The Surgical Treatment of Portal Hypertension

“…These cases present the mechanical problem of portal hypertension and the metabolic problems associated with the underlying liver disease. Surgery will not arrest the deterioration of a progressive pathological process within the liver, but, by preventing further haemorrhage, it can prevent such deterioration from being accelerated, and may allow long and satisfactory survival (Hunt 1965; Brown & Milnes Walker 1967). The most frequent indication for surgery in these cases is a previous haemorrhage from gastro‐oesophageal varices.…”