Ligation of Left Renal Vein for Spontaneous Splenorenal Shunt to Prevent Portal Hypoperfusion after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

Ligation of Left Renal Vein for Spontaneous Splenorenal Shunt to Prevent Portal Hypoperfusion after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

We report a case of recovered portal flow by ligation of the left renal vein on the first postoperative day after orthotopic liver transplantation of a 54-year-old female with alcoholic liver cirrhosis, chronic kidney failure, and spontaneous splenorenal shunt. After reperfusion, Doppler ultrasonogr...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lampros Kousoulas, Kristina Imeen Ringe, Michael Winkler, Frank Lehner, Nicolas Richter, Juergen Klempnauer, Fabian Helfritz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Transplantation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/842538
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Similar Items

Similar Items