Caudate arterial branch bleeding: a rare complication after a Kasai portoenterostomy.
Massive bleeding from the porta hepatis is a rare complication after a Kasai portoenterostomy and usually requires urgent surgical intervention. Among the causes of the porta hepatis bleeding, bleeding from the injured caudate arterial branches has never been reported. Here, we describe 2 cases of caudate arterial branch bleeding after a Kasai portoenterostomy, which were successfully treated with transcatheter arterial embolization without laparotomy.
Moon
Suk-Bae
SB
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul 110-744, South Korea.
Park
Kwi-Won
KW
Jae
Hwan Jun
HJ
Jung
Sung-Eun
SE
D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D000792:Angiography; D001656:Biliary Atresia / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006499:Hepatic Artery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011171:Portoenterostomy, Hepatic / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed