Interventional radiology to the rescue of children after liver transplantation
Stenosis of the hepatic venous outflow anastomosis is a rare complication after liver transplantation. Hepatic venous outflow obstruction affects 5.1%–7% of transplanted patients.[12] Clinical findings include massive ascitis and abdominal pain, and laboratory findings demonstrate altered liver func...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Current Medicine Research and Practice |
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| Online Access: | http://www.cmrpjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2352-0817;year=2013;volume=3;issue=1;spage=45;epage=48;aulast=Kehar |
| Summary: | Stenosis of the hepatic venous outflow anastomosis is a rare complication after liver transplantation. Hepatic venous outflow obstruction affects 5.1%–7% of transplanted patients.[12] Clinical findings include massive ascitis and abdominal pain, and laboratory findings demonstrate altered liver function tests and coagulopathy. We report a case of hepatic venous outflow obstruction in a 4-year-old girl after living-related liver transplantation. The patient was treated with hepatic venoplasty and balloon dilatation. |
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| ISSN: | 2352-0817 2352-0825 |