Elective splenorenal anastomosis.

British medical journal ·Vol. 1 ·No. 5802 ·1972-03-18 ·Pages 731-2

Riddell AG, Bloor K, Hobbs KE, Jacquet N

Abstract

Thirty-six patients underwent splenorenal anastomosis for haemorrhage from oesophageal varices. Twenty-nine patients were cirrhotics and seven had extrahepatic blocks or congenital hepatic fibrosis. The patients have been followed from 16 years to 6 months. The operative mortality was 11%. Recurrent haemorrhage occurred in two patients (6%) and neurological manifestations in 38% of the patients at risk. It is concluded that splenorenal anastomosis is associated with a high degree of shunt patency.

MeSH Terms

Adolescent Adult Aged Alkaline Phosphatase/blood Bilirubin/blood Child Child, Preschool Esophageal and Gastric Varices/surgery Female Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/surgery Humans Hypertension, Portal/etiology,surgery Infant Liver Cirrhosis Liver Diseases/congenital Liver Function Tests Male Middle Aged Mortality Neurologic Manifestations Renal Veins/surgery Serum Albumin/analysis Serum Globulins/analysis Splenic Vein/surgery

Chemicals

Serum Albumin Serum Globulins Alkaline Phosphatase Bilirubin

Authors & Affiliations

4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Riddell A G

Bloor K

Hobbs K E

Jacquet N

References (3)

3 references, click to expand

The present status of shunts for portal hypertension in cirrhosis.
Gastroenterology. 1966 May;50(5):684-91 PMID: 5327472
Elective portasystemic shunts: morbidity and survival data.
Ann Surg. 1971 Jul;174(1):76-84 PMID: 5314624
Critical comparative analysis of early and late results of splenorenal and direct portacaval shunts performed in 169 patients with portal cirrhosis.
Ann Surg. 1961 Sep;154:446-59 PMID: 13762506

Article Info

Journal

British medical journal

Abbr.

Br Med J

ISSN

0007-1447

DOI

10.1136/bmj.1.5802.731

Published

1972-03-18

Pages

731-2

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

0372673

PMCID

PMC1787630

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.5802.731 PMC Full Text

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