[Combined use of peritoneo-atrial shunting and endoscopic sclerotherapy of esophageal varicose veins in treating liver cirrhosis with portal hypertension and resistant ascites].

The authors in 39 patients with liver cirrhosis and intractable ascites performed peritoneoatrial shunting (PAS), in 16--PAS in combination with prophylactic endoscopic sclerotherapy (ES) of gastric varices (GV). Prophylactic use of ES before PAS permitted to reduce more than 3-fold the incidence of postoperative bleeding from EV.