| Literature DB >> 3897995 |
D Boucher, F Brunelle, O Bernard, F Forel, D Autrel, P Hadchouel, P Chaumont.
Abstract
Seventy-one children with portal hypertension and a portocaval anastomosis were studied by ultrasound. The patency of the shunt may be inferred when it directly visualised. There are four indirect signs of patency: (1) decrease of the thickness of the lesser omentum; (2) decrease of the gastro-oesophageal collaterals; (3) decrease of the portal vein size; and (4) increase of the diameter of the inferior vena cava, as compared to pre-operative ultrasound.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID： 3897995 DOI： 10.1007/bf02386763
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatr Radiol ISSN： 0301-0449