title: Interventional radiology for hepatic artery complications soon after living donor liver transplantation in a neonate.
abstract: Early hepatic artery complications after liver transplantation in children, having undergone LDLT, can directly affect graft and recipient outcomes, making early diagnosis and treatment essential. In the past, laparotomy (thrombectomy or reanastomosis) was generally employed to treat early hepatic artery complications. Recently, favorable outcomes of IR have been reported. In children, however, the number of such reports is small. To the best of our knowledge, there is no published report on IR applied to neonates with early hepatic artery complications. We recently succeeded in safely using IR for a neonate with early hepatic artery complications after LDLT and obtained a favorable outcome. This case is presented herein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Transplant Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan. wakiya@jichi.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wakiya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sanada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mizuta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Egami
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hishikawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hakamada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawarasaki
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000528:radiation effects* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019520:Living Donors; D015642:Radiology, Interventional / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler / Q000379:methods