Balloon dilatation and stent placement of suprahepatic caval anastomotic stenosis following liver transplantation

H Berger; T Hilbertz; K Zühlke; H Forst; E Pratschke

doi:10.1007/BF02603146

Balloon dilatation and stent placement of suprahepatic caval anastomotic stenosis following liver transplantation

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 1993 Nov-Dec;16(6):384-7. doi: 10.1007/BF02603146.

Authors

H Berger¹, T Hilbertz, K Zühlke, H Forst, E Pratschke

Affiliation

¹ Radiologische Klinik, Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München, Germany.

PMID: 8131172
DOI: 10.1007/BF02603146

Abstract

We present an unusual case of suprahepatic caval anastomotic stenosis after adult liver transplantation in the early postoperative period. Color flow Doppler sonography and cavography were used to confirm the clinical diagnosis. Successful nonoperative treatment of the obstruction was achieved by balloon dilatation and subsequent implantation of a vascular stent.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anastomosis, Surgical
Catheterization*
Constriction, Pathologic / diagnostic imaging
Constriction, Pathologic / therapy
Hepatic Artery* / diagnostic imaging
Hepatic Artery* / pathology
Humans
Liver Transplantation*
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications / therapy*
Radiography
Stents*
Ultrasonography
Vena Cava, Inferior* / diagnostic imaging
Vena Cava, Inferior* / pathology