Biomaterial Database

Successful management of postoperative chylous ascites with a peritoneojugular shunt. 1995

D Voros, and S Hadziyannis

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
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
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D002915	Chylous Ascites	Presence of milky lymph (CHYLE) in the PERITONEAL CAVITY, with or without infection.	Ascites, Chylous,Chyloperitoneum,Chylous Peritonitis,Peritonitis, Chylous
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
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