Bleeding Esophagogastric Varices from Extrahepatic Portal Hypertension: 40 Years’ Experience with Portal-Systemic Shunt1

Abstract

PSS is the only consistently effective therapy for bleeding esophagogastric varices from PVT and extrahepatic portal hypertension, resulting in many years of survival, freedom from recurrent bleeding, normal liver function, and no encephalopathy.