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Surgical treatment of biliary stricture with portal hypertension using veno-venous bypass
C Christophi1, F Dudley, I E McInnes
1Monash University Department of Surgery, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia.
The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
|April 1, 1991
Abstract:
The surgical treatment of benign bile duct stricture with portal hypertension may be hazardous and, in some cases, involve a 2-stage procedure. An initial porta-systemic shunt is performed followed by surgical correction of the stricture at a second operation. The use of veno-venous bypass, as described, provides a temporary porta-systemic shunt, allowing a 1-stage repair of the stricture to be carried out.