“…This vascular diversion affects hepatic development, leading to insufficiency and, ultimately, liver failure. Hepatic insufficiency can cause a myriad of clinical signs, such as seizures, ataxia, obtundation, anorexia, vomiting, diarrhea, pollakiuria, stranguria, and death . The severity of these signs justifies surgical correction aimed at improving the perfusion of the deprived liver .…”