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Disease PorphyriasPortal hypertension

Portacaval shunt
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Portacaval shunting is a major operation. The procedure requires a surgical cut in the belly area (abdomen).

A portacaval shunt is a treatment for high blood pressure in the liver.

A variation called the H-graft portacaval shunt is a partial shunt that is proving to be effective for treating bleeding. It controls bleeding in 90% of patients and has a lower encephalopathy rate than the complete portal shunt or TIPS.

End-to-side Portacaval Shunt
Nonselective Shunt
Portacaval Shunt
Portal Vein to Vena Cava Shunt
Portosystemic Shunt
Selective Shunt
Side-to-Side Portacaval Shunt
Splenorenal Shunt
Transvenous Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt ...

Fibrinolytic bleeding may frequently be associated with surgical complications following heart surgery (with or without cardiac bypass procedures) and portacaval shunt; ...

Transjugular Intrahepatic Portacaval Shunt [study]; Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt
FHVP
Free Hepatic Vein Pressure ...

Portacaval shunt
Preeclampsia
Recent blood transfusion
Recent surgery that involved a heart and lung bypass pump
Renal disease (See: kidney failure)
Septicemia
Thromboembolic states
Transplant rejection
Transfusion reaction ...

Portacaval shunt
Agammaglobulinemia
Wegeners granulomatosis
Loss of a spouse - resources
Choking - infant under 1 year
Gastritis - acute
Chicken soup and sickness
Dacryoadenitis
Drug-induced immune hemolytic anemia
Atheroembolic renal disease ...

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Disease PorphyriasPortal hypertension

 
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