• 1. The First Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Affiliated Calmette Hospital of Kunming Medical University and The First People's Hospital of Kunming City, Liver Transplantation Center of Organ Transplantation Institute of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650011, Yunnan Province, China;
  • 2. Department of Interventional Radiology, The First People's Hospital of Kunming City, Kunming 650011, Yunnan Province, China;
ZHANGSheng-ning, Email: zsn813@163.com
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Objective To evaluate value of percutaneous interventional treatment for portal vein thrombosis combined with occlusion following liver transplantation. Method  The data of 3 patients with portal vein thrombosis combined with occlusion following liver transplantation underwent interventional treatment were analyzed retrospectively. Results the mural thrombi were detected preoperatively in the portal venous trunk for the 3 patients, all of which were classified as Yerdel's grade 1 and were underwent porto-portal anastomosis without thrombectomy during liver transplantation. Portal vein thrombosis combined with occlusion occured after 8 months postoperatively. The percutaneous transhepatic balloon venoplasty and self-expanding metallic stents placement was performed in 3 patients. The interventional treatment was successfully achieved in all the patients. The follow-up period ranged from 28 to 38 months, no complications occurred following interventional treatment, the graft function and survival of patients were good. Conclusion Percutaneous interventional treatment is an efficacious and safe method to treat portal vein thrombosis combined with occlusion.

Citation: ZHANGSheng-ning, ZHONGYue-ming, ZHAOYong-heng, CHENYong-lin, CHENWen-zhong, LILai-bang, LIUJing, RANJiang-hua, LILi. Percutaneous Interventional Treatment for Portal Vein Thrombosis Combined with Occlusion Following Liver Transplantation. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2015, 22(12): 1439-1442. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.20150378 Copy

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