Meso-Rex bypass--a procedure to cure prehepatic portal hypertension: the insight and the inside

Fabrizio di Francesco; Chiara Grimaldi; Jean de Ville de Goyet

doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.10.024

Meso-Rex bypass--a procedure to cure prehepatic portal hypertension: the insight and the inside

J Am Coll Surg. 2014 Feb;218(2):e23-36. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.10.024. Epub 2013 Nov 6.

Authors

Fabrizio di Francesco¹, Chiara Grimaldi¹, Jean de Ville de Goyet²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Bambino Gesù Childrens Hospital, Rome, Italy.
² Department of Surgery, Bambino Gesù Childrens Hospital, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: deville@opbg.net.

PMID: 24326080
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.10.024

No abstract available

Keywords: MRB; PHPH; PVC; SMV; cavernomatous transformation of the portal vein; meso-Rex bypass; prehepatic portal hypertension; superior mesenteric vein.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Hypertension, Portal / surgery*
Portal Vein / surgery*
Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical / methods*
Treatment Outcome