Cirrhosis and term pregnancy: gastrointestinal bleeding and fetal death, caesarean section and portocaval anastomosis

Cirrosis y embarazo a término: hemorragia digestiva y muerte fetal, cesárea y anastomosis portocava

Praderi, Raúl - Mazza, Milton - Camacho de Osorio, Olga - Peri, Lorenzo

Resumen:

The paper presents the results of the observation of ci rrhosis of the liver with portal hipertension and serious digestive hemorrhage due to rupture of esophagogastricvarices in a patient with an eightmonth pregnancy.  A caesarean (extraction of the dead fetus) as well as anastomosis termino lateral porto-cava, was performed in the same surgicalprocedure. The association cirrhosis-pregnancy and the sur'gical tactics employed, are discussed.


Se presenta una observación de cirrosis hepática con hipertensión portál y hemorragia digestiva grave por ruptura de várices esofagogástricas, en una enferma quecursaba el 8o mes de embarazo. Se practicó cesárea ( extracción de feto muerto) y anastomosis porto-cava terminolateral en el mismo acto operatorio. Se analiza la asociación de cirrosis-embarazo y la táctica quirúrgica seguida.


Detalles Bibliográficos
2020
cirrosis
embarazo
tratamiento quirúrgico
hemorragias digestivas
cirrhosis
pregnant
surgical treatment
digestive hemorrhages
Español
Sociedad de Cirugía del Uruguay
Revista Cirugía del Uruguay
https://revista.scu.org.uy/index.php/cir_urug/article/view/1986
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Resumen:
Sumario:The paper presents the results of the observation of ci rrhosis of the liver with portal hipertension and serious digestive hemorrhage due to rupture of esophagogastricvarices in a patient with an eightmonth pregnancy.  A caesarean (extraction of the dead fetus) as well as anastomosis termino lateral porto-cava, was performed in the same surgicalprocedure. The association cirrhosis-pregnancy and the sur'gical tactics employed, are discussed.