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Surgical Portasystemic Shunt (Portosystemic Shunt) Summary

Description: 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.

Also Known As: Portosystemic Shunt; Portosystemic Shunts; Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical; Portasystemic Shunt; Shunt, Surgical Portasystemic Show All >>

Networked: 1895 relevant articles (149 outcomes, 154 trials/studies) for this Therapy

Key Diseases for which Surgical Portasystemic Shunt is Relevant

  1. Hemorrhage : 40 outcomes 34 studies in 446 results
  2. Portal Hypertension : 36 outcomes 29 studies in 479 results
  3. Ascites : 27 outcomes 22 studies in 220 results
  4. Fibrosis (Cirrhosis) : 16 outcomes 23 studies in 197 results
  5. Esophageal and Gastric Varices (Esophageal Varices) : 13 outcomes 3 studies in 94 results
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Drugs Related to Surgical Portasystemic Shunt

  1. Polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon)
  2. Diuretics
  3. Cyanoacrylates
  4. Octreotide (Sandostatin)
  5. Vasoconstrictor Agents
  6. Lactulose (Duphalac)
  7. nitinol
  8. Dexamethasone (Maxidex)
  9. tetrafluoroethylene (tetrafluoroethene)
  10. Thrombin
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Therapies Related to Surgical Portasystemic Shunt

  1. Stents
  2. Liver Transplantation
  3. Ligation
  4. Decompression
  5. Therapeutic Embolization
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