Pre and postnatal diagnosis of congenital portosystemic shunt: Impact of interventional therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Congenital portosystemic shunts (CPSS) are rare vascular malformations that can lead to severe complications. With advanced imaging techniques, diagnosis is becoming more feasible occurring in fetal life. Different approaches have been adopted to manage these cases, with an increased utilization of interventional therapy recently. This cohort aims to describe the course of children diagnosed with CPSS and the impact of interventional therapy on the outcome.

Methods

Retrospective chart review was done for all patients who were diagnosed with CPSS in our institution between January 2006 and December 2015.

Results

Six patients were diagnosed with CPSS. During this period, 8,680 mothers carrying 9548 fetuses underwent fetal ultrasound examinations. Three pati

SUBMITTER: Mreish S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7567999 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature