Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical
Portasystemic Shunt; Portosystemic Shunt; Shunt, Surgical Portasystemic; Shunt, Surgical Portosystemic; Surgical Portasystemic Shunt; Surgical Portosystemic Shunt; Portasystemic Shunts; Portasystemic Shunts, Surgical; Portosystemic Shunts
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.