Table V.

Survival comparison among various treatments for bleeding esophageal varices (Child’s classes A, B, and C)

Treatment	No. of patients	Survival rates (%)
		1 yr	2 yr	3 yr	4 yr	5 yr
Jackson et al. (1971)
Nonselective shunt	67	80*	73*	62*	58*	55*
Medical	77	80	66*	43*	35*	32*
Resnick et al. (1974),
Nonselective shunt	54	70*	58*	50*	48*	48*
Medical	25	67*	52*	40*	40*	40*
Reynolds et al. (1981)
Nonselective shunt	41	–	72*	64*	52*	44
Medical	37	–	60*	44*	36*	22
Conn et al. (1981)
Selective shunt	24	76*	70*	–	–	–
Nonselective shunt	29	70*	67*	–	–	–
Langer et al. (1985)
Selective shunt	38	80*	76*	63*	54*	51*
Nonselective shunt	40	90*	85*	70*	56*	56*
Millikan et al. (1985)
Selective shunt	26	85*	77*	65*	60*	55*
Nonselective shunt	29	80*	72*	70*	65*	60*
Warren et al. (1986)
Sclerotherapy†	36	90*	84	82*	82*	–
Selective shunt	35	70*	59	45*	45*	–
Rikkers et al. (1987)
Sclerotherapy	30	77*	61	60*	50*	–
Selective shunt‡	27	75*	65	60*	39*	–
Yamamoto et al. (1976)
Nonshunt operation	64	81	75	70	70	65
Sugiura et al. (1984)
Nonshunt operation	256	87	84	81	78	78
Spence et al. (1985)
Nonshunt operation	100	73	65	54	51	47
Present study (1988)
Liver transplantation	302	79	74	71	71	71

^*Value estimated from survival curve.

^†Sclerotherapy failures wert rescued by surgical therapy.

^‡Twenty-three selective shunts and four nonselective shunts.