Intra-operative Ultrasound-guided Thrombectomy and Thrombolysis for Post-operative Portal Vein Thrombosis in Living Liver Donors.
There are few reports of portal vein thrombosis among living donor liver transplant donors and no published data on the management of this event. In this report, we present our experience in the diagnosis and management of this rare complication in two living donor liver transplantation donors who developed post-operative portal vein thrombosis. Both cases were successfully managed with intra-operative ultrasound-guided thrombectomy, vein patch venoplasty, and catheter-directed thrombolysis. The two donors are symptom-free two years after the event.
Liver transplantation team, Dar Al-Foad hospital, Cairo, Egypt ; Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Cairo University Teaching Hospitals, (Kasr Al-Ainy), Cairo, Egypt.
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Liver transplantation team, Dar Al-Foad hospital, Cairo, Egypt ; Department of Surgery, Cairo University Teaching Hospitals (Kasr Al-Ainy), Cairo, Egypt.
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Liver transplantation team, Dar Al-Foad hospital, Cairo, Egypt ; Department of Surgery, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
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Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Cairo University Teaching Hospitals, (Kasr Al-Ainy), Cairo, Egypt.
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Emad-Eldin
Liver transplantation team, Dar Al-Foad hospital, Cairo, Egypt ; Department of Surgery, Cairo University Teaching Hospitals (Kasr Al-Ainy), Cairo, Egypt.
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Liver transplant; Living donor; Portal vein; Postoperative complications; Thrombectomy; Thrombolytic therapy; Venoplasty