A bidirectional approach for portal vein stent placement in a child with complete portal vein occlusion after living donor liver transplantation | Zendy

Chen ChengYen | Zendy; Tseng HsiouShan | Zendy; Lin NiangCheng | Zendy; Wang JenBing | Zendy; Tsai HsinLin | Zendy; Loong CheChuan | Zendy; Hsia ChengYuan | Zendy; Liu Chinsu | Zendy

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A bidirectional approach for portal vein stent placement in a child with complete portal vein occlusion after living donor liver transplantation

Author(s) -

Chen ChengYen,

Tseng HsiouShan,

Lin NiangCheng,

Wang JenBing,

Tsai HsinLin,

Loong CheChuan,

Hsia ChengYuan,

Liu Chinsu

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

pediatric transplantation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457

H-Index - 69

eISSN - 1399-3046

pISSN - 1397-3142

DOI - 10.1111/petr.12121

Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , portal vein thrombosis , portal vein , surgery , transplantation , living donor liver transplantation , stent , thrombosis , occlusion , radiology

Delayed PV complications are not rare in pediatric liver transplantation. Although PTPV offers a treatment and minimizes surgical revision, in case of complete PV thrombosis ( PVT ), the failure rate of PTPV is high. Herein, we report a successful technique of PTPV in a case of complete PVT with a stent placement using a bidirectional approach in a child with living donor liver transplantation.

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