Splenopneumopexy: Evaluation with Splenoportography

  • Darryl A. Zuckerman
  • , Robert G. Levitt

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Abstract

Splenopneumopexy is a procedure designed to create a portopulmo-nary shunt in patients with esophageal variceal bleeding who are not candidates for conventional portosystemic shunts. Splenoportography was performed in three patients who underwent this surgical procedure. Portopulmonary shunts were identified in two of three patients. No complications resulted from splenoportography. Splenoportography is the procedure of choice to identify portopulmonary shunts in splenopneumopexy patients who have undergone splenic artery embolization.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)91-94
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume3
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1992

Keywords

  • Esophagus, varices, 71.75
  • Portography, 761.1247, 95.1241
  • Shunt, portopulmonic, 95.459

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