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MeSH Heading: Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical
Tree Number(s): E04.035.760; E04.100.814.868.937
Unique ID: D011170
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011170
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics
Scope Note: Surgical venous shunt between the portal and systemic circulation to effect decompression of the portal circulation. It is performed primarily in the treatment of bleeding esophageal varices resulting from portal hypertension. Types of shunt include portacaval, splenorenal, mesocaval, splenocaval, left gastric-caval (coronary-caval), portarenal, umbilicorenal, and umbilicocaval.
Entry Version: PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT SURG
Entry Term(s): Portasystemic Shunt; Portosystemic Shunt; Portosystemic Shunt, Surgical; Shunt, Surgical Portasystemic; Shunt, Surgical Portosystemic; Surgical Portasystemic Shunt; Surgical Portosystemic Shunt
NLM Classification #: WI 720
Previous Indexing: Esophageal and Gastric Varices/surgery (1966-1980); Hypertension, Portal/surgery (1966-1980); Portacaval Shunt, Surgical (1966-1980); Portal System/surgery (1966-1980); specific portal system vein/surgery (1966-1980)
Public MeSH Note: 81
History Note: 81
Date Established: 1981/01/01
Date of Entry: 1980/03/25
Revision Date: 2010/06/25

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Concept UI: M0017340
Scope Note: Surgical venous shunt between the portal and systemic circulation to effect decompression of the portal circulation. It is performed primarily in the treatment of bleeding esophageal varices resulting from portal hypertension. Types of shunt include portacaval, splenorenal, mesocaval, splenocaval, left gastric-caval (coronary-caval), portarenal, umbilicorenal, and umbilicocaval.
Terms: Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical Preferred Term
Term UI T032904
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1981); Portosystemic Shunt
Term UI T032901
Date03/26/1980
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Shunt, Surgical Portasystemic
Term UI T032902
Date03/26/1980
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Surgical Portasystemic Shunt
Term UI T032903
Date03/26/1980
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Portasystemic Shunt
Term UI T032905
Date03/25/1980
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Shunt, Surgical Portosystemic
Term UI T032906
Date03/26/1980
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Portosystemic Shunt, Surgical
Term UI T032908
Date03/25/1980
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Surgical Portosystemic Shunt
Term UI T032907
Date03/26/1980
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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