| Eck fistula | <embryology, surgery> Transposition of the portal circulation to the systemic by making an anastomosis between the vena cava and portal vein and then ligating the latter close to the liver. (08 Mar 2000) |
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| Eck, Nikolai | <person> Russian physiologist, 1849-1917. See: Eck fistula, reverse Eck fistula. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ecker's fissure | A fissure between the petrous part of the temporal bone and the basilar part of the occipital bone that extends anteromedially from the jugular foramen; includes the jugular foramem (at its posterior end). Synonym: fissura petro-occipitalis, Ecker's fissure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ecker, Alexander | <person> German anatomist, 1816-1887. See: Ecker's fissure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ecker, Enrique | <person> U.S. Bacteriologist, 1887-1966. See: Rees-Ecker fluid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reverse Eck fistula | Side-to-side anastomosis of the portal vein with the inferior vena cava and ligation of the latter above the anastomosis but below the hepatic veins; the blood from the lower part of the body is thus directed through the hepatic circulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
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