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Extrahepatic portal obstruction in children—experience with side-to-side lienorenal shunt without splenectomy

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Ninety one children were operated upon among 125 cases of extrahepatic portal venous obstruction. In 27 children, side-to-side lienorenal shunt was done. In 25 of 27 cases in which follow-up was available, 4 cases had rebled. There was no operative or late mortality.

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  1. Departments of Paediatric Surgery, Hepatology, Paediatric Medicine and Anaesthesiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh

    S. K. Mitra F. R. C. S. (Associate Professor), B. Mukherjee M. S., G. R. Prasad M. S., A. K. Purohit M. S., J. Haque M. S., K. L. N. Rao M. S., S. Kaushik M. D., A. Koshy M. D., B. N. S. Walia M. D. & I. C. Pathak M. S.

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Mitra, S.K., Mukherjee, B., Prasad, G.R. et al. Extrahepatic portal obstruction in children—experience with side-to-side lienorenal shunt without splenectomy. Indian J Pediatr 50, 55–60 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02753442

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