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Use of adrenal vein conduit for splenorenal shunts: a case report
V M Kulkarni1, S S Nagral, S K Mathur
1Department of General Surgery, Seth G.S. Medical College, K.E.M. Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India.
Hepato-Gastroenterology
|August 3, 1999
Abstract:
We report a case with extrahepatic portal venous obstruction (EHPVO), who presented with recurrent bleeding following a previous devascularization procedure and needed an emergency distal spleno-renal shunt (DSRS). Due to technical difficulty because of previous scarring, the adrenal vein was used as a conduit between the splenic vein and renal vein. The shunt's patent and the patient has been bleed-free for 2 years.