These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: [Extrahepatic portal hypertension. Azygos-portal disconnection].
    Author: Schütte H, Aguirre J, Ibáñez R, Alcoholado I, Samith S, Larraín F.
    Journal: Rev Chil Pediatr; 1990; 61(5):271-4. PubMed ID: 2089496.
    Abstract:
    The partial or complete obstruction of portal vein and or one of its branches is the most frequent cause of portal hypertension in children. A patient with extrahepatic portal hypertension and progressive course is presented, with great development of esophagogastric varices and multiple episodes of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage. At the age of 9 years he was submitted to an azygos-portal disconnection by abdominal route, with manual transection of the esophagus, covered and protected by a gastric fundoplication. Postoperative endoscopic control demonstrated significant reduction in the size of esophageal varices and disappearance of gastric varices. Eleven months after surgery the patient was asymptomatic and a new endoscopic control showed no recurrence of varices.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]