Distal splenocaval shunt as an alternative to distal splenorenal shunt in a patient with a retro-aortic left renal vein

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 359-360

  Madiba, T E ^a   Thomson, S R ^a   Neijenhuis, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Distal splenorenal shunt; Retro aortic renal vein; Splenocaval shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY VEIN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPLENIC VEIN; SPLENORENAL SHUNT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PORTACAVAL SHUNT, SURGICAL; RENAL VEINS; SPLENORENAL SHUNT, SURGICAL;

EID: 0030812637     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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