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Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical MeSH Descriptor Data 2025
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)
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.