Use of a Wallstent in successful treatment of IVC obstruction following liver transplantation.
Obstruction of the IVC occurs in only 1-2% of patients after liver transplantation. The mortality of this complication can be as high as 66%. This case report describes the use of a Wallstent for an IVC obstruction that was unresponsive to conventional balloon angioplasty.
Althaus
S J
SJ
Department of Radiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle 98195, USA.
Perkins
J D
JD
Soltes
G
G
Glickerman
D
D
D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior