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3610539

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-9-21
pubmed:abstractText
Two cirrhotic patients with a LeVeen shunt presented with a large bowel cancer. In one patient, the shunt was removed and the venous catheter was ligated prior to the performance of a colon resection. The postoperative course was uneventful. A new valve was inserted and connected to the venous catheter two months later. The second patient had a carcinoma of the rectum. In order to prevent ascites and to ease the colorectal resection he had preliminary construction of a portacaval shunt. Six weeks later, he underwent an anterior resection of the rectum. The postoperative course was uneventful except for a self limiting episode of febrile subacute intestinal obstruction. These two cases demonstrate that it is possible to resect colorectal cancer in patients with cirrhosis, ascites and a peritoneovenous shunt provided measures are taken to avoid specific complications due to the presence of the shunt, ascites or portal hypertension.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0020-8868
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
72
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
93-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Management of colorectal cancer in patients with cirrhosis and a LeVeen shunt.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports