title: Transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunt placement in a patient with left-lateral split-liver transplant and mesenterico-left portal vein by pass placement.
abstract: This is a report of a successful placement of a transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunt in a young patient with previous left-lateral, split-liver transplant and mesenterico-left portal vein by pass placement after posttransplant extrahepatic portal vein thrombosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (ISMETT), Via Tricomi 1, 90100 Palermo, Italy. rmiraglia@ismett.edu
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miraglia
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maruzzelli
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luca
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000601:surgery*; D019168:Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional