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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures > Vascular Surgical Procedures > Vascular Grafting > Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Anastomosis, Surgical > Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical

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Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

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

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

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In other languages

  • kirurginen portosysteeminen shuntti

    Finnish

  • kirurginen portosysteeminen suntti
  • kirurginen portosysteemisuntti
  • portti- ja maksalaskimon yhdystieproteesin asennus (tips)
  • TIPS
  • transjugulaarinen intrahepaattinen portasysteemisuntti
  • Portosystemisk shunt, kirurgisk

    Swedish

  • Kirurgisk portosystemisk shunt
  • Shunt, kirurgisk portosystemisk

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011170

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