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. 1967 Sep;166(3):456–478. doi: 10.1097/00000658-196709000-00012

Emergency portacaval shunt: a comparative study of shunt, varix ligation and nonsurgical treatment of bleeding esophageal varices in unselected patients with cirrhosis.

M J Orloff
PMCID: PMC1477427  PMID: 5298663

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