title: Emergency inferior mesenteric vein to left renal vein shunt in variceal bleeding: an alternative technique.
abstract: Shunt procedures being used in the emergency surgical management of variceal bleeding include total (portocaval shunt-PCS), partial (mesocaval H graft shunt-MCS) or selective shunts (distal splenorenal shunt-DSRS). We report the use of inferior mesenteric vein to left renal vein (IMV to LRV) shunt in an emergency situation in a 24 year old patient with noncirrhotic portal hypertension with variceal bleeding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. John's Medical College Hospital, Bangalore-560 034.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: D'Cruz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Natarajan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000150:complications; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000601:surgery*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008642:Mesenteric Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D011170:Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000601:surgery*