[The effect of internal jugular vein ligation on cerebral circulation in children with extrahepatic portal hypertension].

The menesterico-caval H-bypass using right internal jugular vein was performed in 63 children with extrahepatic portal hypertension. Two group of patients were divided as follows: 45 children in the first group had H-bypass operation with the use of right internal jugular vein. In 23 children of the second group bypass operations without dissection of internal jugular vein were performed.

[Portal hypertension in children: venous shunting in the early childhood].

Operations were carried out on 98 children with extrahepatic portal hypertension and on 6 with intrahepatic block and no signs of hepatocellular insufficiency. Mesenterico-caval H-shunt was formed in 78 children with the use of the internal jugular vein as the insert. The remaining children underwent formation of mesocaval anastomosis (8), distal spleno-renal shunt (4), portocaval anastomosis (1), Sugiura's operation (7).