Open AccessClinical Efficacy of Percutaneous Transhepatic Portal Vein Angioplasty for Late-onset Portal Vein Stenosis in Pediatric Liver Transplant Patients
Author(s) -
Kushal Naik,
C. Matthew Hawkins,
Anne E. Gill,
Nitika Gupta
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000002138
Subject(s) - medicine , angioplasty , liver transplantation , interquartile range , stenosis , biliary atresia , venography , percutaneous , surgery , portal venous pressure , complication , portal hypertension , transplantation , cirrhosis , thrombosis
Stenosis of the portal vein (PV) is a rare complication after liver transplantation (LT) in pediatric patients, and it adversely affects outcomes. We reviewed the safety and efficacy of percutaneous transhepatic balloon angioplasty (PTBA) as a treatment for post-LT late-onset PV stenosis (PVS).