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Temporary splenic artery occlusion during construction of the distal splenorenal shunt. 1984

J S Thompson, and E E Moore

A technique for temporary occlusion of the splenic artery during construction of the distal splenorenal shunt is described. This maneuver is proposed to reduce intraoperative blood loss associated with mobilization of the splenic vein in the cirrhotic patient.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007431	Intraoperative Complications	Complications that affect patients during surgery. They may or may not be associated with the disease for which the surgery is done, or within the same surgical procedure.	Peroperative Complications,Surgical Injuries,Complication, Intraoperative,Complication, Peroperative,Injuries, Surgical,Complications, Intraoperative,Complications, Peroperative,Injury, Surgical,Intraoperative Complication,Peroperative Complication,Surgical Injury
D008026	Ligation	Application of a ligature to tie a vessel or strangulate a part.	Ligature,Ligations,Ligatures
D008104	Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic	FIBROSIS of the hepatic parenchyma due to chronic excess ALCOHOL DRINKING.	Alcoholic Cirrhosis,Hepatic Cirrhosis, Alcoholic,Alcoholic Hepatic Cirrhosis,Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis
D011170	Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical	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.	Portosystemic 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,Portosystemic Shunts, Surgical,Shunt, Portasystemic,Shunt, Portosystemic,Shunts, Portasystemic,Shunts, Portosystemic,Shunts, Surgical Portasystemic,Shunts, Surgical Portosystemic,Surgical Portasystemic Shunts,Surgical Portosystemic Shunts
D006470	Hemorrhage	Bleeding or escape of blood from a vessel.	Bleeding,Hemorrhages
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013157	Splenic Artery	The largest branch of the celiac trunk with distribution to the spleen, pancreas, stomach and greater omentum.	Arteries, Splenic,Artery, Splenic,Splenic Arteries
D013162	Splenic Vein	Vein formed by the union (at the hilus of the spleen) of several small veins from the stomach, pancreas, spleen and mesentery.	Splenic Veins,Vein, Splenic,Veins, Splenic
D013164	Splenorenal Shunt, Surgical	Anastomosis of splenic vein to renal vein to relieve portal hypertension.	Shunt, Surgical Splenorenal,Splenorenal Shunt,Surgical Splenorenal Shunt,Shunt, Splenorenal,Shunts, Splenorenal,Shunts, Surgical Splenorenal,Splenorenal Shunts,Splenorenal Shunts, Surgical,Surgical Splenorenal Shunts