Bernardos Angel, Serrano Juan, Gomez Miguel A, Garcia Inmaculada, Tamayo Maria Jesús, Pareja Felipe, Diaz Concepción, Martín Cristobalina
Hepatopancreaticobiliary and Transplant Surgery Unit, H.U. Virgen del Rocio, Seville, Spain.
Transpl Int. 2003 Aug;16(8):598-599. doi: 10.1007/s00147-003-0575-5. Epub 2003 Apr 29.
Recipient portal vein thrombosis in liver transplantation is a contingency that increases surgical difficulty as well as patient morbidity and mortality. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate a surgical technique for reconstruction of portal blood flow in emergency situations of portal vein thrombosis with inadequate blood flow and a poor vascular bed for re-vascularization.