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Preliminary trial of a retroperitoneal approach for modified selective distal splenorenal shunt

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A modified selective splenorenal shunt without “portal-azygos disconnection” through the left retroperitoneal approach was performed in 13 patients with cirrhosis of the liver and acute massive variceal hemorrhage. The anastomosis was end-to-side in 9 patients and end-to-end in 4 patients. All patients survived the operation. The post-operative course was extraordinarily benign; none of the patients developed clinical manifestations or biological evidence of hepatic dysfunction attributable to the operation. The only patient who died had an acute massive hemorrhage in the third postoperative week. None of the 12 surviving patients experienced further gastrointestinal bleeding. Dissection of the splenic and renal veins through the posterior retroperitoneal approach is technically easy. It may be the only alternative approach for portosystemic decompression in patients with dense intra-abdominal adhesions from previous operations involving the biliary tree or the upper gastrointestinal tract.

The retroperitoneal approach for modified selective splenorenal portosystemic decompression is an effective method in the treatment and prevention of gastroesophageal bleeding in cirrhotic patients.

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Chez 13 malades atteints de cirrhose hépatique avec hémorragie massive par varices oeosphagiennes, un shunt spléno-rénal sélectif modifié, sans déconnection azygo-portale, a été réalisé par voie rétropéritonéale gauche. L'anastomose a été termino-latérale dans 9 cas et termino-terminale dans 4. Tous les malades ont survécu à l'opération. Les suites opératoires ont été extraordinairement faciles; aucun malade n'a présenté de symptomes ou d'anomalie biologique d'altération fonctionnelle hépatique. Un seul malade est mort d'hémorragie massive à la troisième semaine postopératoire. Aucun des 12 survivants n'a présenté de récidive d'hémorragie digestive. La dissection des veines splénique et rénale par voie postérieure, rétropéritonéale, est techniquement aisée. Cette voie d'abord peut être la seule utilisable chez les malades opérés antérieurement sur les voies biliaires ou le tube digestif et qui présentent d'importantes adhérences intrapéritonéales.

Le shunt splénorénal sélectif par voie rétropéritonéale est une thérapeutique préventive efficace des hémorragies gastro-oesophagiennes chez le malade cirrhotique.

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Pera, C., Visa, J., Rodes, J. et al. Preliminary trial of a retroperitoneal approach for modified selective distal splenorenal shunt. World J. Surg. 2, 653–658 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01556070

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