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Special compression sutures: a new surgical technique to achieve a quick decrease in shunt volume caused by diffuse hemangiomatosis of the liver

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A new surgical technique for the management of shunting liver hemangiomas that otherwise would rapidly lead to intractable cardiac failure is presented. Rapid, significant reduction of shunt volume was achieved surgically by transhepatic compression sutures using PTFE pledgets and selective ligation of a large feeding vessel from the right hepatic artery.

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  1. Department of Paediatric Surgery, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Paediatric Surgery Research, Vienna, Austria, , , , , , AT

    A. M. Rokitansky & R. J. Jakl

  2. Department of Paediatrics, Vienna, Austria, , , , , , AT

    H. Göpfrich, P. Voitl & M. Sacher

  3. Department of Radiology, Vienna, Austria, , , , , , AT

    W. Anzböck, M. Wassipaul & W. Hruby

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  1. A. M. Rokitansky
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Accepted: 22 January 1998

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Rokitansky, A., Jakl, R., Göpfrich, H. et al. Special compression sutures: a new surgical technique to achieve a quick decrease in shunt volume caused by diffuse hemangiomatosis of the liver. Pediatr Surg Int 14, 119–121 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003830050456

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