A Addison Barman, William Batiuchok, Saqib S. Chaudry, John J. Creedon
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Abstract
Two patients with massive upper gastrointestinal hemorrhages required transsplenic decompression of the esophageal varices, but because technical difficulties precluded tension-free anastomoses, interposition of PTFE grafts was used to solve these difficult situations.