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An Innovative Rescue Surgical Procedure for Early Onset Hepatic Venous Outflow Obstruction After Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Author(s) -
Wildhaber Barbara E.,
Toso Christian,
McLin Valérie A.,
Sologashvili Tornike
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
liver transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.814
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1527-6473
pISSN - 1527-6465
DOI - 10.1002/lt.25642
Subject(s) - medicine , anastomosis , surgery , liver transplantation , biliary atresia , portal vein thrombosis , transplantation , thrombosis , inferior vena cava , vein
We read with great interest the Letter from the Frontline by Chung et al., reporting on the successful surgical rescue of an early-onset hepatic venous outflow obstruction after pediatric living donor liver transplantation (LT).(1) Reports describing procedures for hepatic vein thrombosis after LT in children are extremely sparse, and an urgent re-LT is typically recommended. We herein share a previously unreported type of salvage procedure for this rare but severe complication.