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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Digestive System Surgical Procedures > Peritoneovenous Shunt
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Anastomosis, Surgical > Peritoneovenous Shunt
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures > Vascular Surgical Procedures > Peritoneovenous Shunt

Preferred term

Peritoneovenous Shunt  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Ascites Shunt, Peritoneovenous
  • Ascites Shunts, Peritoneovenous
  • Peritoneovenous Ascites Shunt
  • Peritoneovenous Ascites Shunts
  • Peritoneo Venous Shunt
  • Peritoneo-Venous Shunt
  • Peritoneo-Venous Shunts
  • Shunt, Peritoneo-Venous
  • Shunt, Peritoneovenous Ascites
  • Shunts, Peritoneo-Venous
  • Shunts, Peritoneovenous Ascites

Scope note

  • An operation for the continuous emptying of ascitic fluid into the venous system. Fluid removal is based on intraperitoneal and intrathoracic superior vena cava pressure differentials and is performed via a pressure-sensitive one-way valve connected to a tube traversing the subcutaneous tissue of the chest wall to the neck where it enters the internal jugular vein and terminates in the superior vena cava. It is used in the treatment of intractable ascites.

History note

  • 86(81); was see under VASCULAR SURGERY 1981-85

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010536

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