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Descriptor English:   Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical 
Descriptor Spanish:   Derivación Portosistémica Quirúrgica 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Derivação Portossistêmica Cirúrgica 
Synonyms English:   Portasystemic Shunt
Portasystemic Shunts
Portasystemic Shunts, Surgical
Portosystemic Shunt
Portosystemic Shunt, Surgical
Portosystemic Shunts
Portosystemic Shunts, Surgical
Shunt, Portasystemic
Shunt, Portosystemic
Shunt, Surgical Portasystemic
Shunt, Surgical Portosystemic
Shunts, Portasystemic
Shunts, Portosystemic
Shunts, Surgical Portasystemic
Shunts, Surgical Portosystemic
Surgical Portasystemic Shunt
Surgical Portasystemic Shunts
Surgical Portosystemic Shunt
Surgical Portosystemic Shunts  
Tree Number:   E04.035.760
E04.100.814.868.937
Definition English:   Surgical venous shunt between the portal and systemic circulation to effect decompression of the portal circulation. It is performed primarily in the treatment of bleeding esophageal varices resulting from portal hypertension. Types of shunt include portacaval, splenorenal, mesocaval, splenocaval, left gastric-caval (coronary-caval), portarenal, umbilicorenal, and umbilicocaval. 
Indexing Annotation English:   general or unspecified; prefer specifics
History Note English:   81 
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VE veterinary  
Record Number:   23517 
Unique Identifier:   D011170 

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