| pubmed-article:2273775 | pubmed:abstractText | The authors in 39 patients with liver cirrhosis and intractable ascites performed peritoneoatrial shunting (PAS), in 16--PAS in combination with prophylactic endoscopic sclerotherapy (ES) of gastric varices (GV). Prophylactic use of ES before PAS permitted to reduce more than 3-fold the incidence of postoperative bleeding from EV. | lld:pubmed |
