Many of our views of the pathogenesis of brain edema and intracranial hypertension have originated from work in the rat after portacaval anastomosis receiving an ammonia infusion. Although this ...

J-pouch surgery can successfully relieve symptoms of ulcerative colitis if medications and other treatments haven’t worked, but complications may arise. Depending on the type of irritable bowel ...

A 10-kg. male mongrel dog with an Eck fistula formed by an end-to-side portacaval anastomosis was fed boiled polished rice with a small amount of seasoning (soy-bean soup, mainly), providing less ...

The shape of these curves was like that seen in patients with surgical portacaval anastomosis. In 10 patients with moderately tractable ascites the average cardioportal circulation time was twenty ...