title: [Management of severe Budd-Chiari syndrome by spleen-internal jugular venous shunt].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the operative method for severe Budd-Chiari syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  17 patients with severe Budd-Chiari syndrome were treated with splenectomy and spleen-internal jugular venous shunt.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Follow up for 3 to 20 months 11 patients showed excellent results, 5 good results and 1 died.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Spleen-internal jugular shunt is effective for the patients with severe Budd-Chiari syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, First Affilliated Hospital, Henan Medical University, Zhenzhou 450052.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011167:Portacaval Shunt, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D013156:Splenectomy; D013162:Splenic Vein / Q000601:surgery*