Mesoatrial Shunt
- 1 April 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Annals of Surgery
- Vol. 187 (4), 402-406
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00000658-197804000-00010
Abstract
A patient with Budd-Chiari syndrome is presented. Because of a thrombosed inferior vena cava, none of the standard portal-systemic shunts could be utilized for decompression of the engorged liver. A new shunt constructed by interposing a Dacron graft between the superior mesenteric vein and the right atrium was performed. Portal pressure was reduced by the shunt from 30 cm of H2O to 10 cm of H2O. Patency was confirmed post-operatively by catheterization and with angiography. The patient is asymptomatic with normal liver function tests 9 mo. after the procedure. A surgical approach is outlined for symptomatic patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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