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Small‐bowel herniation under the infrarenal arterial conduit in a liver transplant recipient
Author(s) -
Smyrniotis Vassilios,
Arkadopoulos Nikolaos,
Kostopanagiotou Georgia,
Manesis Manolis
Publication year - 2001
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 - 10.1053/jlts.2001.28745
Subject(s) - medicine , electrical conduit , liver transplantation , surgery , revascularization , orthotopic liver transplantation , complication , anastomosis , thrombosis , radiology , transplantation , mechanical engineering , myocardial infarction , engineering
We report a case of herniation of the entire small bowel under an infrarenal conduit 8 months after orthotopic liver transplantation. The conduit was compressed by the mesentery and developed a stricture and thrombosis. Liver revascularization was accomplished by an urgent thrombectomy, resection of the stricture, and reanastomosis of the conduit. Suspicion of this serious complication should arise in transplant recipients who present with bowel obstruction associated with liver dysfunction.