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ArticleSurgery today2012

Severe outflow block syndrome caused by compression by the swollen caudate lobe after living donor liver transplantation: report of a case.

Kazuhisa Takeda, Kuniya Tanaka, Takafumi Kumamoto, Akimitsu Yamada, Michiyo Yamada, Hideki Takakura, Kensuke Kubota, Noritoshi Kobayashi, Jin Lee, Itaru Endo

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Article in Surgery today, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kazuhisa TakedaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, 236-0004, Japan. kazutake@yokohama-cu.ac.jp
Kuniya Tanaka
Takafumi Kumamoto
Akimitsu Yamada
Michiyo Yamada
Hideki Takakura
Kensuke Kubota
Noritoshi Kobayashi
Jin Lee
Itaru Endo
Yokohama City University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 50-year-old man with primary biliary cirrhosis underwent living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT) using a graft of a left hemiliver with a left caudate lobe and duct-to-duct hepaticocholedochostomy. Postoperative bile leakage necessitated percutaneous drainage 22 days after LDLT. The patient presented to our hospital 205 days after the LDLT with abdominal distension and fever. Computed tomography showed ascites and a diffusely mottled pattern in the graft. The caudate lobe was swollen, and its bile ducts were dilated. The inferior vena cava was forced to the right by the swollen caudate lobe, and the root of the hepatic vein was stretched. The hepatic vein was not contrasted. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography showed a biliary anastomotic stricture. Based on these findings, we diagnosed a severe outflow block of the hepatic vein and biliary anastomotic stricture. We performed balloon dilation of the biliary anastomosis and implanted a metallic stent in the hepatic vein. Thereafter, his clinical symptoms improved dramatically.

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Living DonorsBudd-Chiari SyndromeCatheterizationCholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic RetrogradeConstriction, PathologicEdemaFollow-Up StudiesHepatic VeinsHumansLiverLiver Cirrhosis, BiliaryLiver TransplantationMaleMiddle AgedPostoperative ComplicationsSeverity of Illness Index

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PMID22116394
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