An Innovative Rescue Surgical Procedure for Early Onset Hepatic Venous Outflow Obstruction After Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplantation | Zendy

Wildhaber Barbara E. | Zendy; Toso Christian | Zendy; McLin Valérie A. | Zendy; Sologashvili Tornike | Zendy

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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.

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