RT Book, Section
A1 Bhangui, Prashant
A1 Salloum, Chady
A1 Lim, Chetana
A1 Azoulay, Daniel
A2 Molmenti, Ernesto Pompeo
A2 Santibañes, Martin de
A2 Santibañes, Eduardo de
SR Print(0)
ID 1180112996
T1 Liver Transplantation in Patients with Diffuse (Grade IV) Portal Vein Thrombus
T2 Liver Transplantation: Operative Techniques and Medical Management
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260462517
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180112996
RD 2024/10/07
AB The  incidence  of  portal  vein  thrombosis  (PVT)  at  the  time  of  liver  transplantation  (LT)  in  patients  with  end-stage  liver  disease  varies  between  2%  and  26%.1–3  This  may  be  an  underestimation  of  the  actual  incidence  of  PVT  in  cirrhotic  patients  (0.6%  to  64%)4,5  because  the  presence  of  PVT  was  until  recently  considered  by  many  transplant  centers  to  be  at  least  a  relative  contraindication  for  LT,  in  view  of  the  technical  difficulties  that  it  can  present  during  transplantation  (excessive  bleeding  and  inability  to  establish  adequate  portal  inflow)  and  its  association  with  a  higher  rate  of  patient  morbidity  and  mortality.