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Devascularization and Transection Procedures
Transection and devascularization procedures have been by far the most popular operations for the
treatment of oesophagogastric varices in Japan during the last two decades1-5 and although since the new
development of endoscopic sclerotherapy during the last ten years the number of patients treated by
operation has decreased considerably, these procedures still remain the treatment of choice in many of
the surgical institutions in Japan, especially in good-risk patients with oesophagogastric varices