Svensk definition
Kirurgisk venös shunt mellan portacirkulationen och systemiska cirkulationen. Används i första hand i behandlingen av blödande
åderbråck i matstrupen som följd av portal hyperteni. Det finns olika typer av shunt: portokaval, splenorenal, mesokaval, splenokaval, gastrisk-kaval, portorenal, umbilikorenal och umbilikokaval.
Engelsk definition
Surgical venous shunt between the portal and systemic circulation to effect decompression of the portal circulation. It is performed primarily in the treatment of bleeding esophageal varices resulting from portal hypertension. Types of shunt include portacaval, splenorenal, mesocaval, splenocaval, left gastric-caval (coronary-caval), portarenal, umbilicorenal, and umbilicocaval.
Svenska synonymer
Kirurgisk portosystemisk shunt — Shunt, kirurgisk portosystemisk
Engelska synonymer
Shunt, Surgical Portasystemic — Portasystemic Shunts, Surgical — Shunts, Surgical Portasystemic — Surgical Portasystemic Shunts — Portosystemic Shunt, Surgical — Portasystemic Shunt — Portasystemic Shunts — Shunt, Portasystemic — Shunts, Portasystemic — Shunt, Surgical Portosystemic — Portosystemic Shunts, Surgical — Shunts, Surgical Portosystemic — Surgical Portosystemic Shunts — Surgical Portosystemic Shunt — Portosystemic Shunt — Portosystemic Shunts — Shunt, Portosystemic — Shunts, Portosystemic — Surgical Portasystemic Shunt