After administration of 3 liters of blood a portacaval shunt was performed ... in whom striking parenchymal siderosis followed shunt surgery had advanced postnecrotic cirrhosis, and the "surgical ...
Figure 1 Effects of "Double" Portacaval Shunt on the Accumulation of Ascites ... From the Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, and the Surgical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Creating a direct intrahepatic portocaval shunt (DIPS) is a procedure similar to a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) in patients for whom the latter is not appropriate due to ...