Management of Complications of Portal Hypertension

In this annual update, Dr. John Roberts, Chief of the UCSF Transplant Service gives an overview of 20 years of progress in liver transplantation at UCSF. In the second segment, Dr. Nathan Bass takes a look at the current treatments for management of complications of portal hypertension. Series: UCSF Transplant Update [1/2010] [Health and Medicine] […]

End to side portocaval anastomosis for portal hypertension and bleeding varices

End to side portocaval anastomosis for portal hypertension and bleeding varicesNonselective End-to-side portacaval shunt Side-to-side portacaval shunt Large diameter interposition shunts (eg, mesocaval) Central splenorenal shunt Selective Distal splenorenal (Warren) Small-diameter portacaval H graft shunt Surgical Shunts to Reduce Portal Venous Pressure