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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1978-10-25
pubmed:abstractText
As a result of several retrospective and prospective studies, there have been remarkable changes in surgery for portal hypertension, namely the limitation of surgical interventions to an asymptomatic time interval (without bleeding), and the preference for distal shunt operations, aiming at a lasting reduction of the portal hypertension with minimal reduction of portal liver perfusion. These requirements are best met by the mesocaval (H-) shunt, using a vascular prosthesis with sufficient wall stability and a negatively charged inner surface, such as, for example, the expanded PTFE graft (Gore-TEX). In contrast to several types of splenorenal shunt, the H-shunt in mesocaval position is characterized by the following advantages: (a) minimal operative stress, even in high-risk patients, (b) technical ease of use, (c) reduced operative mortality, especially for interval operations, (d) minimal risk of recurrent bleeding and encephalopathy. From this preliminary report it may be expected that the technique of mesocaval expanded PTFE shunt here presented is likely to become the method of choice in both elective and emergency interventions.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0009-4722
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
49
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
414-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
[The meso-caval shunt--a future standard operation?].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract