Extensive Thrombectomy as a Legitimate Strategy in Living Donor Liver Transplantation With Advanced Portal Vein Thrombosis
Toru Ikegami, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Yuriko Tsutsui, Noboru Harada, Shinji Itoh, Shohei Yoshiya, Daisuke Imai, Hideaki Uchiyama, Masaki Mori – 13 August 2019 – Management of portal vein thrombosis (PVT), especially advanced PVT involving the superior mesenteric vein (SMV), in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is challenging. There were 514 adults who underwent LDLT between 2005 and 2018 included in this retrospective study, and PVT was observed in 67 (13.0%) patients.