[Highly selection portal decompression for ruptured esophageal varices: study of a series of 122 cases with long-term results].

Study Aim: The aim of this retrospective study was to report the results, with a minimum 10-year follow-up, of highly selective portal decompression (HSPD) realized in order to prevent bleeding recurrences from esophageal or gastric varices in a series of 122 cirrhotic patients.

Patients And Method: From January 1980 to February 1997, 122 patients (85 men and 37 women, mean age: 50.4 years) with liver cirrhosis stage A (n = 6), B (n = 50), C (n = 6) according to Child classification, were operated on for bleeding varices after a delay in 106 patients, on emergency in 16 patients.