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Preferred term

Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Synonym(s)

  • Portasystemic Shunt
  • Portosystemic Shunt
  • Portosystemic Shunt, Surgical
  • Shunt, Surgical Portasystemic
  • Shunt, Surgical Portosystemic
  • Surgical Portasystemic Shunt
  • Surgical Portosystemic Shunt

In other languages

  • French

  • Anastomose chirurgicale porto-systémique
  • Anastomose porto-systémique (technique)
  • Anastomose portosystémique (technique)
  • Anastomose portosystémique chirurgicale
  • APS (Anastomose PortoSystémique)
  • Dérivation chirurgicale porto-systémique
  • Dérivation chirurgicale portosystémique
  • Dérivation porto-systémique chirurgicale
  • Dérivation portosystémique
  • Dérivation portosystémique chirurgicale
  • Shunt chirurgical portosystémique

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