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16797321

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-26
pubmed:abstractText
Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is considered a relative contraindication to living donor liver transplantation (LDLTx) due to technical difficulty and ethical considerations. So far, there have been a few reported cases of LDLTx with PVT, most of which were treated by thrombectomy with or without a venous conduit. We report a case of LDLTx in an unexpected recipient with grade 4 diffuse PVT, which was successfully managed using a variceal left gastric vein and a deceased donor iliac vein conduit to create a "de novo portal vein" for splanchnic inflow to the right lobe. The patient experienced an uneventful postoperative course with normal blood flow in the de novo portal vein at 1-year follow up. This report demonstrated that a variceal collateral vein can be used as appropriate alternative inflow for the right lobe in LDLTx cases in which an unexpected PVT is encountered.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0041-1345
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1422-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Salvage procedure for unexpected portal vein thrombosis in living donor liver transplantation.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Transplantation Surgery, Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298-0248, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports