Barsoum MS, Rizk-Allah MA, Khedr ME, Khattar NY. A new posterior exposure of the splenic vein for an H-graft splenorenal shunt.
Br J Surg 1982;
69:376-9. [PMID:
7104604 DOI:
10.1002/bjs.1800690706]
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Abstract
A preliminary report is presented of a posterior exposure of the splenic vein allowing H-graft splenorenal shunt to be carried out without removing the spleen. The operation was successfully performed in 14 patients with portal hypertension due to schistosomal hepatic fibrosis, and this was associated with post-hepatitic cirrhosis in 5 of them. Dacron grafts were inserted in 8 patients and autologous internal jugular vein grafts in 6 patients. The long term follow-up of the patients (maximum 45 months) showed that recurrence of bleeding developed in 2 patients due to shunt thrombosis and one died. Complications occurred in 3 patients, including one patient who developed first grade encephalopathy. Shunt patency was demonstrated in 12 patients, including all the vein grafts.
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