Treatment of occluded distal splenorenal shunts with endovascular stents: a report of two cases.
Surgical treatment of an occluded or stenotic portosystemic shunt is difficult and carries a high risk of mortality. We report two cases of early thrombosis of distal splenorenal shunt (DSRS) successfully treated by transcatheter recanalization and stent placement. At 18-month follow-up, the patients remained asymptomatic and control venograms showed continued patency of the shunt with no evidence of stenosis or collaterals.
López-Medina
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Department of Radiology, Hospital de Basurto, Avenida de Montevideo 18, Bilbao 48013, Vizcaya, Spain. alm@accesosis.es
Peiró
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Gonzalez de Garay
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Antoñana
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Sustacha
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Grande
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013164:Splenorenal Shunt, Surgical; D015607:Stents; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000628:therapy*; D014654:Vascular Patency