LIVER-TRANSPLANTATION IN PATIENTS WITH PATENT SPLENORENAL SHUNTS
- 1 April 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 101 (4) , 430-432
Abstract
Patent distal splenorenal shunts (Warren shunt) have been reported to cause decreases in the portal perfusion pressure and the total hepatic blood flow. Such hemodynamic alterations could have adverse effects on the transplanted liver. The experience with hepatic replacement in four patients with patent Warren shunts is reported. Operative findings were phlebosclerotic portal veins of small size and diminished portal blood flows. Hepatofugal collateral channels created by the construction of the Warren shunt were eliminated by division of the shunt and splenectomy in three patients and splenectomy alone in the other. All patients recovered; thus the presence of a patent Warren shunt should not be a contraindication for hepatic transplantation.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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