... cirrhosis,and it is associated with shortened survival. In addition,the poorer prognosis of patients with cirrhosis and HE hasbeen reported in male patients, patients with increasedserum bilirubin and ... after evaluating thepossible benefits and risks of the surgery.AbbreviationsALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotrans-ferase; HE, hepatic encephalopathy; INR, internationalnormalized ... glucose 115 mg/dl,creatinine 0.7 mg/dl, a lkaline phosphatase 220 U/L, aspartateaminotransferase (AST) 18 U /L, alanine aminotransferase(ALT) 30 U /l, g-glutamyl transpeptidase 20 U/l, total bilirubi...