Porto-systemic shunt using adrenal vein as a conduit; an alternative procedure for spleno – renal shunt

Proximal spleno-renal shunt with retro-aortic left renal vein in a patient with extra-hepatic portal vein obstruction: first case report

BACKGROUND Presence of retro-aortic left renal vein poses special challenge in creating spleno-renal shunt potentially increasing the chance of shunt failure. The technical feasibility and successful outcome of splenectomy with proximal spleno-renal shunt (PSRS) with retro-aortic left renal vein is presented for the first time. The patient was treated for portal hypertension and hypersplenism d...

خبرها ونظرهای پزشکی (MEDICAL NEWS AND VIEWS] (تازه‌هایی در مورد کبد ) Transjugular Intrahepatic Porto - systemic Shunt (TIPS)‌کاربرد

A case of a spontaneous splenorenal shunt associated with the nutcracker syndrome

BACKGROUND Hypertension in the portal vein system stimulates the vascular system to develop a porto-caval collateral system, which occurs by adaptation of the already existing junctions between the porto-caval and the systemic circulation to changed conditions or by angiogenesis. CASE REPORT We present a case of a 42-year-old man with alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver and exacerbation of chron...

A Newborn with an Alternative Porto-Caval Shunt

BACKGROUND Absent ductus venosus (ADV) is a rare condition, but it should be known that this embryonic anomaly may be detected by fetal echocardiographic or newborn ultrasound examinations. CASE REPORT We present a baby with an ADV and an accompanying alternative porto-caval shunt between the right portal vein and inferior vena cava detected on postnatal ultrasound examination. CONCLUSIONS ...

Reno-portal shunt for liver transplant, an alternative inflow for recipients with grade III–IV portal vein thrombosis: Tips for a better outcome

INTRODUCTION Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) poses an extremely difficult problem in cirrhotic patients who are in need of a liver transplant. The prevalence of PVT in patients with cirrhosis ranges from 0.6% to 26% Nery et al. (2015) [1]. The presence of PVT is associated with more technically difficult liver transplant and in certain cases can be a contraindication to liver transplant. The only ...