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SHUNT PORTO-CAVE [2 records]

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Record 1 2012-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vessels (Medicine)
DEF

Surgical creation of an anastomosis between the portal vein and vena cava.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
DEF

Dérivation entre la veine porte et la veine cave.

CONT

On peut [...] choisir de faire une anastomose porto-cave termino-latérale ou si une dérivation latéro-latérale sans interruption du tronc porte est nécessaire (ascite), on pourra choisir un autre type d'anastomose utilisant la veine porte.

Key term(s)
  • dérivation porto-cave

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vessels (Medicine)
DEF

Surgical portasystemic shunt between the portal vein and inferior vena cava.

OBS

A shunt is a surgically created passage (a bypass or an anastomosis) to divert or permit flow from one pathway or region to another, usually, by means of a stent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
DEF

Création d'une anastomose artificielle entre le système porte et le système sus-hépatique.

OBS

Shunt : les termes court-circuit, dérivation, (bypass] et anastomose (anastomosis) ont été proposés pour remplacer ce jargon médical couramment utilisé en français. La synonymie est cependant discutable.

Key term(s)
  • shunt portocave
  • shunt porto cave
  • court-circuit porto cave
  • court circuit porto cave
  • court-circuit portocave
  • court circuit portocave
  • court circuit porto-cave
  • anastomose porto cave
  • anastomose portocave

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Redes vasculares (Medicina)
DEF

Anastomosis artificial entre la vena porta y la vena cava inferior.

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