Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical

Synonyms

Portasystemic Shunt

Portasystemic Shunts

Portasystemic Shunts, Surgical

Portosystemic Shunt

Portosystemic Shunt, Surgical

Portosystemic Shunts

Portosystemic Shunts, Surgical

Shunt, Portasystemic

Shunt, Portosystemic

Shunt, Surgical Portasystemic

Shunt, Surgical Portosystemic

Shunts, Portasystemic

Shunts, Portosystemic

Shunts, Surgical Portasystemic

Shunts, Surgical Portosystemic

Surgical Portasystemic Shunt

Surgical Portasystemic Shunts

Surgical Portosystemic Shunt

Surgical Portosystemic Shunts

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.