FIELD: medicine, surgery.
SUBSTANCE: the present innovation deals with treating children in case of portal hypertension. One should isolate splenic venous system against gastric, esophageal and colonic venous systems, cross gastro-splenic, spleno-colonic ligaments, tighten and cross splenic and left gastric arteries, apply three or four ligatures made of slowly absorbable material onto the rest splenic part. Then spleen should be resected. The method enables to cure hypersplenism in case of minimal traumatization and blood loss and keeping hepatic portal circulation.
EFFECT: higher efficiency of therapy.
1 cl, 3 dwg, 3 ex
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Dates
2005-12-10—Published
2003-02-25—Filed