Meanings of splenorenal shunt in English

Patients with simultaneous cholecystectomy with splenorenal shunt and open cholecystectomy were excluded.

One month later a splenorenal shunt was performed, and this closed spontaneously by 3 years.

This patient continues to have normal hepatic function with a patent splenorenal shunt 4 yr after the shunting procedure.

We report our experience with PSS, mainly the distal splenorenal shunt, to define its role in the management of variceal bleeding.

Distal splenorenal shunt offers the best option if technically feasible, but if no shuntable veins are patent, ablative procedures and sclerotherapy may be required.

Follow up studies of 96 patients who underwent distal splenorenal shunt (DSRS) were performed and the loss of selectivity of DSRS was evaluated.

A distal splenorenal shunt was performed because of failure of sclerotherapy to control subsequent bleeding episodes and the fact that the liver function was normal.

Patent distal splenorenal shunts (Warren shunt) have been reported to cause decreases in the portal perfusion pressure and the total hepatic blood flow.