Prospects of Sugiura operation in children with portal hypertension when shunt operations are impossible
The paper presents the experience of the RSMU Pediatric Surgery Hospital in the treatment of portal hypertension in 24 children, for whom it was impossible to perform operations of portosystemic shunting because of anatomical features or the danger of portosystemic encephalopathy. The main aim of the research was to find the indications for Sugiura surgery, a particular case of the devascularization procedure, in children. Bleeding recurrence was observed in 25% of cases. Complications were in 16.7% of cases, mortality - in 4.2%.