Use of meso-Rex shunt with transposition of the coronary vein for the management of extrahepatic portal vein obstruction
The meso-Rex shunt is used to safely and effectively treat patients with portal hypertension due to extrahepatic portal vein obstruction. In the standard meso-Rex shunt technique, the patient's own internal jugular vein is used as a vascular autograft. Inevitably, such a procedure requires neck...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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The Korean Surgical Society
2014
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3994599/ |