title: Hepatic vein obstruction due to hypertrophy of right split-liver adult allograft.
abstract: The increasing shortage of liver allografts has led to the development of split liver transplantation. More frequent applications have permitted the resolution of most of its technical complications. A hitherto unreported complication of split liver transplantation, hepatic vein obstruction caused by hypertrophy of a right split-liver adult allograft, is discussed. As surgical correction was impossible, the outflow obstruction was treated successfully with interventional radiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Digestive Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Avenue 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: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Danse
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lerut
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous