NOUN
- shunt that is created surgically between the portal vein and the inferior vena cava so that blood from the abdominal organs can bypass the liver
How To Use portacaval shunt In A Sentence
- Portacaval shunt surgery has not enjoyed great popularity because of the very high incidence of postoperative encephalopathy in the elderly.
- Portacaval shunts have been performed for recent variceal hemorrhage in cirrhotic patients without the physician suspecting that a hepatoma was responsible for the portal hypertension.
