Side-to-Side Portacaval Shunt in the Treatment of Budd-Chiari Syndrome

Mesoatrial shunt in Budd-Chiari syndrome.

BACKGROUND The operations with proven effects on survival in Budd-Chiari syndrome are shunt operations and liver transplantation. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between 1993 and 1999 (June), 13 cases of Budd-Chiari syndrome have been treated surgically. Four cases had concomitant thrombosis of the inferior vena cava; the others had marked narrowing of the lumen due to the enlarged caudate lobe. Mesoatr...

Budd-Chiari Syndrome: Shunt or Transplant?

(1984) Diagnosis and clinical features of small hepatocellular carcinoma with emphasis on the utility of real-time ultrasonography: a study in 51 Clinical features and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma with reference to serum alpha-fetoprotein levels. We have analyzed the indications and results of shunt operation versus orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) in 22 patients with Budd-Chiari...

Budd-Chiari Syndrome: Shunt or Transplant?

mosis. In our experience, roughly 10% of patients will have low volume amylase-rich fluid draining via the drains. Over 85% of these low volume pancreatic fistulas will heal with conservative management. While pancreatic fistula has not disappeared as a postoperative complication, it is certainly no longer the dreaded and feared complication that it was several decades ago. As additional experi...

Intractable Ascites Management: The Role of Side-to-Side Portacaval Shunt

(1997) Experimental, clinical and metabolic results of side-to-side portacaval shunt for intractable cirrhotic ascites.

Assessment of Portal and Hepatic Hemodynamics after Side-to-side Portacaval Shunt in Patients with Cirrhosis.