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- Title
Anteriorly Placed Splenic Vein: The First Reported Case.
- Authors
Shah, Omar Javed; Robbani, Irfan
- Abstract
Surgical treatment of portal hypertension is undertaken to reduce the portal pressure to a level that allows recession of the collateral circulation. For this purpose, surgeons usually carry out anastomosis of the splenic vein with the left renal vein. The splenic vein is a large, nontortuous vessel that runs along the posterior surface of the pancreas but very rarely crosses in front of the gland. It is therefore important that a thorough preoperative study of the anatomical details of the spleno-portal venous axis be made by imaging before attempting surgery. We are presenting herewith the surgical management of a unique case of anteriorly placed splenic vein, which has not yet been described. The embryological basis of such an anomaly is discussed in this article.
- Subjects
SURGERY; PORTAL hypertension; BLOOD circulation; PREOPERATIVE care; SURGICAL therapeutics
- Publication
American Surgeon, 2005, Vol 71, Issue 2, p184
- ISSN
0003-1348
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/000313480507100218