How to make vascular surgeons happy: key points of a diagnostic report before and after portosystemic shunting

Congress:

ECR 2019

Poster Number:

C-2139

Type:

Educational Exhibit

Keywords:

Varices, Cirrhosis, Venous access, Surgery, Shunts, CT, Veins / Vena cava, Gastrointestinal tract, Abdomen

Authors:

E. Guseva, D. V. Burenchev, S. Morozov, N. Ledikhova, G. V. Manukyan; Moscow/RU

DOI:

10.26044/ecr2019/C-2139

DOI-Link:

https://dx.doi.org/10.26044/ecr2019/C-2139

Background

Portosystemic shunt is a safe effective treatment for patients with portal hypertension due to portal vein obstruction and cirrhosis. The most common shunts are mesocaval and distal splenorenal shunt (Fig.1, 4).