Interventional radiologist treatment for inferior vena caval thrombosis in a liver transplant recipient

Transplant Proc. 2009 Apr;41(3):1060-1. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.02.031.

Abstract

Vascular complications remain an important cause of postoperative morbidity and mortality in liver transplant patients. There is no elective treatment and the need for retransplantation is common. Herein, we have reported an unusual case of nonanastomotic inferior vena cava thrombosis in a patient with a piggyback caval anastomosis. The conditions was successfully treated with catheter-directed thrombolytic therapy and endovascular stent placement.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / surgery*
  • Hepatitis B / complications
  • Hepatitis C / complications
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Liver Transplantation / methods*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Phlebography
  • Portacaval Shunt, Surgical / methods
  • Renal Veins / diagnostic imaging
  • Renal Veins / pathology
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / diagnostic imaging*
  • Venous Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*