Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical
"Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D011170
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.035.760 E04.100.814.868.937
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| Concept/Terms |
Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical- Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical
- Shunt, Surgical Portasystemic
- Portasystemic Shunts, Surgical
- Shunts, Surgical Portasystemic
- Surgical Portasystemic Shunts
- Portosystemic Shunt, Surgical
- Portasystemic Shunt
- Portasystemic Shunts
- Shunt, Portasystemic
- Shunts, Portasystemic
- Shunt, Surgical Portosystemic
- Portosystemic Shunts, Surgical
- Shunts, Surgical Portosystemic
- Surgical Portosystemic Shunts
- Surgical Portosystemic Shunt
- Portosystemic Shunt
- Portosystemic Shunts
- Shunt, Portosystemic
- Shunts, Portosystemic
- Surgical Portasystemic Shunt
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| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical" by people in Profiles.
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Spleno-adrenal shunt: a novel alternative for portosystemic decompression in children with portal vein cavernous transformation. J Pediatr Surg. 2012 Dec; 47(12):2189-93.
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Treatment of extrahepatic portal hypertension following a whipple procedure with a Rex shunt: report of a case. Surg Today. 2011 Feb; 41(2):292-6.
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Cerebral edema and hyperammonemia after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt placement in a cirrhotic patient. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2008 Sep; 6(9):1054-6.
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Triple-phase computed tomography and intraoperative flow measurements improve the management of portosystemic shunts during liver transplantation. Liver Transpl. 2008 Jan; 14(1):96-9.
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Rapid temporary portosystemic bypass. Dig Dis Sci. 2002 Feb; 47(2):448-9.
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The portosystemic shunt protects liver against ischemic reperfusion injury. Transplantation. 1999 Oct 15; 68(7):958-63.
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Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts versus surgical shunts: quality assessment and outcome analysis. Acad Radiol. 1996 Apr; 3 Suppl 1:S62-5.
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The role of elective operation in the treatment of portal hypertension. Am Surg. 1996 Mar; 62(3):171-7.
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Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in nonliver transplant candidates: is it indicated? Am J Gastroenterol. 1995 Aug; 90(8):1238-43.
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Percutaneous retrieval of two Wallstent endoprostheses from the heart through a single jugular sheath. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 1995 May-Jun; 6(3):469-72.