title: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt approach and local thrombolysis for treatment of early posttransplant portal vein thrombosis.
abstract: Early portal vein thrombosis is a rare but severe posttransplant complication that may lead to graft and/or patient loss. Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunting and local thrombolysis may represent an easy solution to this major complication of liver transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Digestive Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc/1400, Université Catholique de Louvain, Av. Hippocrate 10, 1200 Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ciccarelli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Goffette
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Laterre
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Danse
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wittebolle
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lerut
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein; D011170:Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical; D019168:Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*