Cavoportal transposition for portal vein thrombosis in a pediatric living-related liver transplantation.
We report a case of a living-related liver transplantation in a child in whom diffuse thrombosis of the portal venous system required the use of recipient vena cava to perfuse the donor portal vein (cavoportal transposition). An 8 (1/2)-month-old infant with biliary atresia received the left lateral segment of his father's liver. The child's portal vein was irretrievably thrombosed, as were the splenic and superior mesenteric veins. A cavoportal anastomosis provided excellent flow to the liver, and there was no engorgement of the graft, which had good immediate function. The main postoperative problem was loss of 3 to 3.5 liters of ascitic fluid through the drain for 2 weeks. The ascites eventually resolved over a period of 4 weeks. Twenty-four months after transplantation, the child is thriving on a normal diet and has no ascites. A Doppler examination showed good flow in the cavoportal anastomosis.
Kumar
Nagappan
N
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK. nagappan.kumar@cardiffandvale.wales.nhs.uk
Atkison
Paul
P
Fortier
Marielle V
MV
Grant
David R
DR
Wall
William J
WJ
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000601:surgery; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery*; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000601:surgery*