One Thousand Cases of Portal Cirrhosis Of the Liver

Abstract

This is a summary of clinical experience with 1,000 cases of cirrhosis managed by us. There has been so much general discussion about this disease recently that more generalities do not seem warranted at this time, nor can still another review of the literature serve a useful purpose. Instead, if there is to be better understanding of the natural history of cirrhosis, particularly as it is affected by current methods of surgical therapy, the important need is for simple compilations of specific experiences with large groups of patients. This communication pretends no more. Hemochromatosis and biliary cirrhosis were specifically excluded from the series. Because management of cirrhosis involves many problems in common with those encountered in managing schistosomiasis of the liver, experiences with 60 cases of schistosomiasis, studied and followed as were the patients with cirrhosis, are appended. Patient Group The 1,000 patients were studied and treated in several civilian