Shunt
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In simple terms, a shunt is a hole or passage.
use in medicine[edit]
In medicine, a passage that is made to allow blood or other fluid to move from one part of the body to another.
Surgical shunts[edit]
- A surgeon may implant a tube to drain cerebrospinal fluid from the brain to the abdomen.
- A surgeon may also change normal blood flow by making a passage that leads from one blood vessel to another.
- Blalock Taussig Shunt - Subclavian to Pulmonary
- Pulmonary shunt is seen when there is normal perfusion to an alveolus, but ventilation fails to supply the perfused region.
- A portosystemic shunt (PSS), also known as a liver shunt, is a bypass of the liver by the body's circulatory system.
- A portacaval shunt (portal caval shunt) is a treatment for high blood pressure in the liver.
- A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is an artificial channel within the liver that establishes communication between the inflow portal vein and the outflow hepatic vein. It is used to treat portal hypertension.
- VASP (Vesicoamniotic shunting procedure): Fetal lower urinary tract outflow obstruction prevents the unborn baby from passing urine.
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