title: Hepatic allograft salvage with early doppler ultrasound diagnosis of acute vena cava thrombosis.
abstract: Postoperative inferior vena cava obstruction is an uncommon complication after liver transplantation. Outflow obstruction, if not rapidly corrected, can lead to graft failure and the patient's death. We report a case in which Doppler ultrasound showed the thrombus inside the vessel, excluding extrahepatic causes of venous outflow obstruction, and permitted early surgical correction of the complication without graft loss.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via del Pozzo 71, 41100 Modena, Italy.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bertani
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Pinna
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Benedetto
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Quintini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Villa
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*