Vestnik Transplantologii i Iskusstvennyh Organov (Jun 2011)

SPLENIC ARTERY STEAL SYNDROME AFTER ORTHOTOPIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

  • V. E. Zagainov,
  • A. A. Seregin,
  • A. I. Zaitsev,
  • V. A. Belsky,
  • P. I. Rykhtik,
  • N. V. Zarechnova,
  • S. A. Vasenin,
  • E. N. Ryabova,
  • G. G. Gorokhov,
  • L. V. Shkalova

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15825/1995-1191-2011-2-87-94
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 2
pp. 87 – 94

Abstract

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Splenic artery steal syndrome is one of possible arterial complications after orthotopic liver transplantation. Material includes personal experience in diagnostics and treatment of this syndrome. In each case complication was opportunely suspected basing on laboratory and ultrasound data and proved by angiography. Successful treatment was performed using different variants of splenic artery embolization.

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