Splenorenal Arterial Anastomoses

HURWITT, ELLIOTT S. M.D.
SEIDENBERG, BERNARD M.D.
HAIMOVICI, HENRY M.D.
ABELSON, DONALD S. M.D.

From the Surgical and Laboratory Divisions, the Montefiore Hospital, New York, N.Y.

Circulation 14(4):p 532-539, October 1956.

A splenorenal arterial anastomosis may be life-saving or result in renal salvage under a variety of circumstances. These may include thrombosis or aneurysm of the aorta, and obstruction, injury, aneurysm, or anomalies of the renal artery. The successful construction of a left splenorenal arterial anastomosis in a patient with ascending thrombosis of the abdominal aorta is presented.