Operations for portal XXXX in China.

@entity1 @entity82 @entity101 @entity548
@entity101 is common in China. There have been 3,500 surgically treated cases reported since 1978. Of these, 97.8% were intrahepatic, of which 49.1% were @entity82 and 41.0% were schistosomatic. Portosystemic shunting was performed in 59.9% of the cases and portacaval shunting was performed in one third, with an operative mortality of 0% to 7%. The rebleeding rate was 4.0% to 24.1%. The five-year or greater survival rate was 63.8% to 83.0%. The rate of portal-azygous disconnection surgery has increased in recent years, constituting 40.1% of the various types of operation. In contrast with the viewpoint in Western countries, prophylactic operation is available. When treating @entity548 , most authors have preferred nonoperative treatment, but operation should not be delayed if this fails. The operative mortality of @entity1 undergoing emergency portosystemic shunting was 16% to 44%; in @entity1 undergoing portalazygous disconnection it was 7.1% to 44.3%.
