TY - JOUR
T1 - Stent graft closure of a high flow splenorenal shunt after liver transplantation
AU - Litvin, Sergey
AU - Atar, Eli
AU - Knizhnik, Michael
AU - Bruckheimer, Elchanan
AU - Belenky, Alexander
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - We describe a patient after liver transplantation with a preexisting surgical splenorenal shunt close to the confluence of the splenic and superior mesenteric veins and a wide, short communication between the splenic and renal veins. To close the shunt, an inferior vena cava filter was inserted in the shunt and a vascular plug was placed in the splenic vein inside the filter. When this failed to stop the flow through the shunt, a covered stent was deployed at the superior mesenteric vein-portal vein junction.
AB - We describe a patient after liver transplantation with a preexisting surgical splenorenal shunt close to the confluence of the splenic and superior mesenteric veins and a wide, short communication between the splenic and renal veins. To close the shunt, an inferior vena cava filter was inserted in the shunt and a vascular plug was placed in the splenic vein inside the filter. When this failed to stop the flow through the shunt, a covered stent was deployed at the superior mesenteric vein-portal vein junction.
KW - Interventional radiology
KW - Liver transplantation
KW - Splenorenal shunt
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U2 - 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.2398-08.1
DO - 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.2398-08.1
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C2 - 19784918
AN - SCOPUS:78650152263
SN - 1305-3825
VL - 16
SP - 312
EP - 314
JO - Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
JF - Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
IS - 4
ER -