Practicals · Surgical Gastroenterology · Portal Hypertension
Proximal splenorenal (lienorenal) shunt
- Type
- Procedure
- Curriculum level
- perform or assist (DrNB); perform independently (NMC 4.3)
- Also called
- PSRS, lienorenal shunt
Videos and resources
- VideoProximal Splenorenal Shunt Indications, Type of operations, Technique & Complications,Dr. V.K.Kapoor1:05:24
- VideoOperative Surgery-Shunt- VK Kapoor, Peush Sahni, Anu Behari - Jaipur Surgical Tutorial (JST)56:28
- +33 more links
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Where the curriculum asks for it
“Proximal Lienorenal shunt” ( NBEMS DrNB curriculum, page 16)
“Shunt surgery (Proximal lienorenal shunt, cavoatrial,” ( NBEMS DrNB curriculum, page 11)
“Perform portosystemic shunts: portocaval, mesocaval, splenorenal and their variants.” ( NMC DM/MCh guidelines, page 14)