Items tagged “shunt”
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Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS or TIPSS) is a treatment for portal hypertension in which direct communication is formed between a hepatic vein and a branch of the portal vein, thus allowing some proportion of portal flow to bypass the liver. The target portosystemic gradient...
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Peritoneal CSF pseudocysts
Published
24 Jul 2013
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Ventriculitis: on a background of congenital hydrocephalus
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01 Mar 2016
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Spina bifida
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18 Jun 2016
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Ommaya ventricular access device and VP shunt
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22 Mar 2017
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Congenital intrahepatic portosystemic shunt classification
This congenital intrahepatic portosystemic shunt classification was proposed by Park et al. in 1990 1:
type 1: single large vessel of constant diameter connecting the right portal vein to the inferior vena cava
type 2: localized, peripheral shunt with one or more communications in a single hep...
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Ventriculoatrial shunt
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13 Dec 2017
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Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn
The most common cause of pulmonary hypertension in newborns is persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN). It occurs in term or late preterms infants, where the fetal shunts persist after birth and fail to close. It falls under group 1.5 of the Dana Point classification system of pu...
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CSF overshunting-associated bilateral subdural hematoma
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30 Nov 2018
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Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn
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25 Nov 2018
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Denver shunt
A Denver shunt, or peritoneovenous shunt, is a device used to shunt ascites to the superior vena cava in patients with refractory ascites.
The proximal end is located in the peritoneal cavity and the distal end in the superior vena cava, with a subcutaneous course in the anterior chest wall. It...
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Normal pressure hydrocephalus
Published
07 Feb 2020
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