ObjectiveTo evaluate value of percutaneous interventional treatment for portal vein thrombosis combined with occlusion following liver transplantation.
Method The data of 3 patients with portal vein thrombosis combined with occlusion following liver transplantation underwent interventional treatment were analyzed retrospectively.
Resultsthe mural thrombi were detected preoperatively in the portal venous trunk for the 3 patients, all of which were classified as Yerdel's grade 1 and were underwent porto-portal anastomosis without thrombectomy during liver transplantation. Portal vein thrombosis combined with occlusion occured after 8 months postoperatively. The percutaneous transhepatic balloon venoplasty and self-expanding metallic stents placement was performed in 3 patients. The interventional treatment was successfully achieved in all the patients. The follow-up period ranged from 28 to 38 months, no complications occurred following interventional treatment, the graft function and survival of patients were good.
ConclusionPercutaneous interventional treatment is an efficacious and safe method to treat portal vein thrombosis combined with occlusion.
