title: [Inferior mesocaval shunt].
abstract: The results of inferior mesenteric vein-inferior vena cava shunt coupled with splenectomy and gastroesophageal devascularization in 16 patients with cirrhotic portal hypertention were reviewed. The mean diameter of the shunt stoma was 6.46 +/- 0.78 mm, and the portal pressure decreased from 4.25 +/- 0.54 kPa to 3.39 +/- 0.41 kPa. Variceal bleeding stopped in all 16 patients with no severe postoperative complications. This procedure should preserve satisfactory portal perfusion to the liver, and technically is easier than other shunt procedures.
authors.affiliation: Center of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Chongqing.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011170:Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D013156:Splenectomy