Two patients with previous distal splenorenal shunts (DSRSs) performed 6 years earlier underwent liver transplantation (LT). A preoperative selective mesenteric artery angiogram showed collateral veins draining mesenteric venous flow into the shunt. Intraoperative flow measurements were performed to
Liver transplant in a patient with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt
β Scribed by Elisa Faybush; David C. Mulligan; Barry D. Birch; Joseph I. Sirven; Vijayan Balan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 48 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.20371
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