Surgical manipulation of portosystemic shunts in dogs
Breznock, E.M.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 174(8): 819-826
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488 PMID: 500422 Document Number: 150050
Surgical manipulation to achieve stenosis or occlusion of spontaneous portocaval shunts in 7 dogs resulted in disappearance of signs of central nervous, gastrointestinal or urinary dysfunction. Blood composition, liver function as well as hepatic cellular architecture returned to normal or near normal within several months. Cranial mesenteric angiography was done on four dogs after corrective surgery; there was evidence of improved hepatic-portal circulation in three of the dogs and complete shunt obstruction in one dog.