SESAP Questions
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**Category 4, Items 34–38**

1.  Distal splenorenal shunt

2.  Hepatic transplantation

3.  Portacaval shunt

4.  Sugiura–Futagawa procedure

5.  Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS)

**Item 34.** Patient with portal hypertension and Child’s C liver failure

**Item 35.** Patient with portal hypertension and massive ascites awaiting transplantation

**Item 36.** Acute Budd–Chiari syndrome

**Item 37.** Portal hypertension in patient with extrahepatic portal vein thrombosis and prior splenectomy

**Item 38.** Patient with multiple prior variceal hemorrhages complicated by encephalopathy

For the 5 items above select the one lettered phrase that is most closely associated with each one. For the critique of Items 34 to 38, see page 465.

## Footnotes

*   (Reproduced by permission from *SESAP No. 10 1999–2001 Syllabus* Volume 1. For enrolment in the Surgical Education and Self-Assessment Program, please apply to the American College of Surgeons, 633 North St. Clair St., Chicago IL 60611, USA.)