Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical

"Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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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.

Descriptor ID	D011170
MeSH Number(s)	E04.035.760 E04.100.814.868.937
Concept/Terms	Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical Shunt, Surgical Portasystemic Portasystemic Shunts, Surgical Shunts, Surgical Portasystemic Surgical Portasystemic Shunts Portosystemic Shunt, Surgical Portasystemic Shunt Portasystemic Shunts Shunt, Portasystemic Shunts, Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical Portosystemic Portosystemic Shunts, Surgical Shunts, Surgical Portosystemic Surgical Portosystemic Shunts Surgical Portosystemic Shunt Portosystemic Shunt Portosystemic Shunts Shunt, Portosystemic Shunts, Portosystemic Surgical Portasystemic Shunt

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04]
Anastomosis, Surgical [E04.035]
Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical [E04.035.760]
Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures [E04.100]
Vascular Surgical Procedures [E04.100.814]
Vascular Grafting [E04.100.814.868]
Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical [E04.100.814.868.937]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical".

Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical
Portacaval Shunt, Surgical
Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic
Splenorenal Shunt, Surgical

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