[Pre- and postoperative ultrasonography of portal circulation in portal hypertension in childhood (author's transl)].
The use of ultrasound investigation in children with portal hypertension is discussed and a 14 year old patient is presented. With this non-invasive investigation, the course, diameter and patency of the splenic vein can be demonstrated, repeated post-operative investigations showed a reduction in the size of the splenic vein of at least 2 mm. following patent spleno-renal anastomosis. The ultrasound technique is demonstrated.
D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011168:Portal System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013164:Splenorenal Shunt, Surgical; D014463:Ultrasonography
Prä- und postoperative Ultraschalluntersuchung des Pfortaderkreislaufs bei portaler Hypertension im Kindesalter.