[Relapse of alcohol consumption in liver transplant candidates. Risk factor analysis].

Background: Alcohol relapse after transplantation is a serious concern in transplant centers and is a subject of controversy and debate.

Aim: To evaluate the relapse of alcohol ingestion and the eventual associated factors in cirrhotic patients referred for liver transplantation.

Methods: A retrospective study comprised of 90 adult patients with liver cirrhosis, listed for transplant.

[Role of liver function and portal vein congestion index on rebleeding in cirrhotics after distal splenorenal shunt].

Background: Bleeding from esophagogastric varices is the worst and most lethal complication of cirrhotic portal hypertension. Distal splenorenal shunt (Warrens surgery) is used in the therapeutic of this patients, Child A and B, with rebleeding after clinical endoscopic therapy. The portal vein congestion index is elevated in cirrhotic portal hypertension and could predict rebleeding after Warrens surgery in these patients.

Effect of esophagogastric devascularization with splenectomy on schistossomal portal hypertension patients' immunity.

Background: Surgical treatment of hemorrhagic complication in schistosomal portal hypertension in our hospital is an esophagogastric devascularization procedure with splenectomy. Infectious risks and immunological alterations imputed to splenectomy may have significant importance. To minimize the consequences of spleen absence, the use of subtotal splenectomy and spleen auto-transplantation were stimulated.