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Although various shunt operations have been used to treat patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome with concomitant hepatic caval obstruction, the procedures have been less than effective, because recanalization of the occluded hepatic veins was inadequate.
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Tashiro, S., Miyake, H. (2004). Radical Operative Repair for Obstruction of the Hepatic Inferior Vena Cava (So-called Budd—Chiari Syndrome) Using the Femorofemoral Bypass Technique. In: Tashiro, S., Miyake, H. (eds) Operation Atlas of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-67026-1_15
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