In a continuation of a trial for which preliminary results were reported in the Journal two
years ago, a total of 64 patients with Child Class C cirrhosis and variceal hemorrhage
requiring six or more units of blood were randomly assigned to receive either a portacaval
shunt (32 patients) or endoscopic sclerotherapy (32 patients). The duration of initial
hospitalization and the total amount of blood transfused during hospitalization were
significantly less in the patients receiving sclerotherapy (P< 0.001). There was no difference …

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