title: Endovascular treatment of venous graft stenosis in the inferior vena cava and the left hepatic vein after complex liver tumor resection.
abstract: Endovascular treatment has been reported for a variety of conditions that result in venous obstruction in the iliocaval territory. The present report describes a patient who underwent a complex resection of a tumor that infiltrated the retrohepatic segment of the inferior vena cava (IVC), necessitating replacement of the IVC with a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) graft. Postoperatively, symptomatic venous obstruction occurred in the graft and the left hepatic vein. Treatment required stent placement bridging native veins and the graft. The patient underwent placement of a self-expanding stent within the IVC and the PTFE graft with treatment of the hepatic vein stenosis via jugular vein access.
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology, University of Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Strasse 3, 72076 Tübingen, Germany. brechtkla@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brechtel
authors.forename: Gunnar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tepe
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heller
authors.forename: Joerg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmehl
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kueper
authors.forename: Claus D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Claussen
authors.forename: Jakub
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wiskirchen
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006503:Hepatic Veins; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior; D014689:Venous Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery