Surgical Portosystemic Shunts
《英文msh詞典》Surgical Portosystemic Shunts
[入口詞] Surgical Portosystemic Shunts
[主題詞] Portasystemic Shunt,Surgical
[英文釋義] Surgical venous shunt between the portal and systemic circulation to effect decompression of the portal circulation. It is performed primarily in the treatment of bleeding esophageal varices resulting from portal hypertension. Types of shunt include portacaval,splenorenal,mesocaval,splenocaval,left gastric-caval (coronary-caval),portarenal,umbilicorenal,and umbilicocaval.