Surgery for acute bleeding varices and portal hypertension : mnemonic

AOA alls!

Remembering these names is not necessary.

I did it just to stand out in the exam. (Coz the theory examiner be like, " She remembers the name so she remembers the surgeries too!"

That being clear, let's mug this up!

The mnemonic is, "HB PORTALS"

H: Hassab operation
B: Boerema Crile operation
P: Portoazygos disconnection these operations will achieve
OR: Oesophageal stapler Resection of Johnston
T: Tanners abdominal oesophagogastric transection
Thoracic Oesophageal transection (Milnes Walker)
A:
L:
S: Suguira Futagawa Operation
Splenectomy

That's all!