Portal hypertension: contraindication to liver surgery?
Portal hypertension should not be considered an absolute contraindication to hepatectomy in cirrhotic patients. Child-Pugh A patients with portal hypertension have short- and long-term results similar to patients with normal portal pressure.
The results suggest that inhibiting the MEK-ERK module may allow the development of selective methods for treating oxidative-stress-induced RPE degeneration, such as AMD.