Peritoneovenous shunt - modification with the use of long saphenous vein. 2004

Petr Utíkal, and Petr Drác, and Petr Bachleda, and Jirí Klein, and Vladimír Král, and Monika Hrabalová
2nd Clinic of Surgery, Teaching Hospital Olomouc, Czech Republic. petr.utikal@fnol.cz

The authors describe their own initial experience with saphenoperitoneal modification of the peritoneovenous shunt in intractable ascites solution. Their findings with this easy type of permanent ascites drainage using the "patient's own resources" are puzzling.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008103 Liver Cirrhosis Liver disease in which the normal microcirculation, the gross vascular anatomy, and the hepatic architecture have been variably destroyed and altered with fibrous septa surrounding regenerated or regenerating parenchymal nodules. Cirrhosis, Liver,Fibrosis, Liver,Hepatic Cirrhosis,Liver Fibrosis,Cirrhosis, Hepatic
D010536 Peritoneovenous Shunt An operation for the continuous emptying of ascitic fluid into the venous system. Fluid removal is based on intraperitoneal and intrathoracic superior vena cava pressure differentials and is performed via a pressure-sensitive one-way valve connected to a tube traversing the subcutaneous tissue of the chest wall to the neck where it enters the internal jugular vein and terminates in the superior vena cava. It is used in the treatment of intractable ascites. Ascites Shunt, Peritoneovenous,LeVeen Shunt,Peritoneo-Venous Shunt,Ascites Shunts, Peritoneovenous,Peritoneo Venous Shunt,Peritoneo-Venous Shunts,Peritoneovenous Ascites Shunt,Peritoneovenous Ascites Shunts,Peritoneovenous Shunts,Shunt, LeVeen,Shunt, Peritoneo-Venous,Shunt, Peritoneovenous,Shunt, Peritoneovenous Ascites,Shunts, Peritoneo-Venous,Shunts, Peritoneovenous,Shunts, Peritoneovenous Ascites
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001201 Ascites Accumulation or retention of free fluid within the peritoneal cavity.
D012501 Saphenous Vein The vein which drains the foot and leg. Saphenous Veins,Vein, Saphenous,Veins, Saphenous

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