Stenosis of a surgical portosystemic shunt--treatment with angioplasty and placement of a Wallstent.
A case with a stenosed splenosuprarenal shunt 26 months after surgery is presented. Due to elastic recoil of the stenosis, percutaneous angioplasty was ineffective. However, stenting the stenosis with a Wallstent subsequently provided a satisfactory angiographic result and normal shunt function which is maintained at 4 months.
Hausegger
K A
KA
Department of Radiology, University Hospital Graz, Austria.
Klein
G E
GE
Flückiger
F
F
Planinz
W
W
Wildling
R
R
Sternthal
H M
HM
D000328:Adult; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000628:therapy; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011170:Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents