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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: In particular there were no differences in the operative mortality rate (17 % PSRS ; 11 % DSRS), 5-year survival rate (52 % PSRS ; 52 % DSRS), rebleeding (34 % PSRS ; 32 % DSRS), shunt occlusion (7 % PSRS ; 11 % DSRS), development of individual episodes of postoperative encephalopathy (28 % PSRS ; 26 % DSRS), chronic postoperative encephalopathy (17 % PSRS ; 11 % DSRS), or mean branched-chain/aromatic amino acid ratios (PSRS = 0. 88 + / - 0. 05 ; DSRS = 0. 66 + / - 0. 05).