Surgical Treatment of Portal Vein Thrombosis With the Use of Cadaveric Venous Patch After Donor Hepatectomy: A Case Report.
Live donors should be the priority of transplant professionals to prevent surgery-related morbidity and mortality during living-donor liver transplantation. Portal vein thrombosis after donor hepatectomy is an important complication which can be prevented by careful preoperative as well as perioperative evaluation. If portal vein thrombus occurs after donor hepatectomy, anticoagulation and surgical thrombectomy and even portal vein reconstruction should be kept in mind. Cadaveric venous patches can be used for the reconstruction of narrowed and angulated portal veins. Here we report the surgical treatment of a donor with a cadaveric venous patch who developed portal vein thrombosis after donor hepatectomy.
Department of Surgery, Liver Transplantation Institute of Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey. Electronic address: fatihup@hotmail.com.
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Ozdemir
Department of Surgery, Liver Transplantation Institute of Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey.
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Ersan
Department of Surgery, Liver Transplantation Institute of Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey.
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Baskiran
Department of Surgery, Liver Transplantation Institute of Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey.
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Ince
Department of Surgery, Liver Transplantation Institute of Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey.
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Karakaş
Department of Radiology, Liver Transplantation Institute of Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey.
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Kahraman
Department of Surgery, Liver Transplantation Institute of Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey.
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Yilmaz
D000328:Adult; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000601:surgery*; D011300:Preoperative Care; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000379:methods; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000009:adverse effects; D060053:Transplant Donor Site; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000601:surgery*