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Descriptor English:
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Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Derivación Portosistémica Quirúrgica
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Derivação Portossistêmica Cirúrgica
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Synonyms English:
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Portosystemic Shunt, Surgical
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Tree Number:
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E04.035.760
E04.100.814.790
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Definition English:
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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. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics; see MeSH definition for types; do not use /util except by MeSH definition; DF: PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT
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History Note English:
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81
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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23517
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Unique Identifier:
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D011170
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Occurrence in VHL:
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