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Percutaneous Transhepatic Venous Angioplasty and Stenting in a 9-Month-Old Patient with Hepatic Vein Obstruction After Partial Liver Transplantation

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Hepatic venous outflow obstruction is a rare but serious complication after liver transplantation. We report ultrasound-guided percutaneous transhepatic stent placement in a 9-month-old infant with a left lateral split liver transplantation with near-complete hepatic vein obstruction.

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  1. Imaging Research Center, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    A. R. Rasekhi, S. A. Nabavizadeh & M. Naderifar

  2. Department of Radiology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    P. Varedi

  3. Department of Organ Transplantation, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    S. A. Malek-Hosseini & S. Soltani

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Rasekhi, A.R., Nabavizadeh, S.A., Malek-Hosseini, S.A. et al. Percutaneous Transhepatic Venous Angioplasty and Stenting in a 9-Month-Old Patient with Hepatic Vein Obstruction After Partial Liver Transplantation. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 31, 1034–1037 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-008-9322-8

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