Portocaval

"Portocaval" in a Sentence (3 examples)

portocaval anastomosis

portocaval shunt

He divided extrahepatic portocaval shunts into two types: first, end-to-side shunts, where the portal vein (PV) terminates in the inferior vena cava (IVC), and the second, side-to-side shunts in which there is venous communication between a patent PV and the IVC.

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