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A surgical operation to join the portal vein to the inferior vena cava and divert blood past the liver.  

Linking the portal vein to the inferior vena cava.  

A hospital worker who does general work such as wheeling a patient’s trolley into the operating theatre or moving heavy equipment. A beer of a dusky and acrid variety, that is brewed utilizing roasted malt, is primarily responsible for its coloration. In the realm of English beer, there exists a captivating libation known as stout.…

A group of veins which have capillaries at both ends and do not go to the heart. A vein or group of veins that terminates at both ends in a capillary bed. The best known is the hepatic portal system, which consists of the portal vein and its tributaries. Blood is drained from the spleen,…

An infection of the portal vein in the liver, giving abscesses.  

High pressure in the portal vein, caused by cirrhosis of the liver or a clot in the vein and causing internal bleeding. Increased pressure in the portal vein resulting from an obstruction of blood flow through the liver. increase in pressure within the veins of the portal system caused by obstruction in the (hepatic) blood…

Referring to a porta, especially the portal system or the portal vein.  

An opening in the liver through which the hepatic artery, hepatic duct and portal vein pass. Anatomic landmark on the liver where the portal vein, hepatic artery, hepatic ducts, and hepatic lymphatic vessels enter at the point of the transverse fissure that separates the caudate and quadrate lobes. The fissure of the liver where the…

A type of catheter put in place under a person’s skin to make it easier to have chemotherapy, transfusions and blood tests. It is accessed by the use of a special needle and flushed regularly with sterile saline.  

Referring to something which can be carried. Movable or transferable from one place to another, e.g., a portable oxygen supply.