PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - M J Mahony AU - J M Littlewood AU - M S Losowsky AU - P J Robinson AU - G R Giles TI - Budd-Chiari syndrome treated by Senning operation. AID - 10.1136/adc.63.6.669 DP - 1988 Jun 01 TA - Archives of Disease in Childhood PG - 669--671 VI - 63 IP - 6 4099 - http://adc.bmj.com/content/63/6/669.short 4100 - http://adc.bmj.com/content/63/6/669.full SO - Arch Dis Child1988 Jun 01; 63 AB - Budd-Chiari syndrome was diagnosed in a 13 year old boy who presented with ascites. Angiographic studies showed occlusion at the ostia of the hepatic veins. This was treated surgically by the Senning operation of transcaval dorsocranial resection of the liver and hepatocaval anastomosis. The patient's ascites cleared and he remains well 10 months after surgery.