Special compression sutures: a new surgical technique to achieve a quick decrease in shunt volume caused by diffuse hemangiomatosis of the liver

Pediatr Surg Int. 1998 Nov;14(1-2):119-21. doi: 10.1007/s003830050456.

Abstract

A new surgical technique for the management of shunting liver hemangiomas that otherwise would rapidly lead to intractable cardiac failure is presented. Rapid, significant reduction of shunt volume was achieved surgically by transhepatic compression sutures using PTFE pledgets and selective ligation of a large feeding vessel from the right hepatic artery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Constriction
  • Hemangioma / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery*
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene
  • Suture Techniques*
  • Sutures

Substances

  • Polytetrafluoroethylene