The inferior mesoiliacal shunt: A novel shunt for refractory rectal variceal bleeding due to splanchnic thrombosis

The inferior mesoiliacal shunt: A novel shunt for refractory rectal variceal bleeding due to splanchnic thrombosis

Surgical shunt therapy may be required when pharmacologic, endoscopic, and radiologic treatment of chronic splanchnic vein thrombosis have failed. In this case report, we present a new interposition shunt for the treatment of refractory rectal variceal bleeding: the inferior mesoiliacal shunt betwee...

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Main Authors: Marie Cappelle, MD, Thomas Douchy, MD, Dirk Vanbeckevoort, MD, PhD, Inge Fourneau, MD, PhD, Mauricio Sainz Barriga, MD, PhD, Jacques Pirenne, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques
Subjects:
Splanchnic vein thrombosis
Polycythemia vera
Inferior mesoiliacal shunt
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468428720301362

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