Splenic Artery Embolization for Treatment of Refractory Ascites After Liver Transplantation

Post-transplantation refractory ascites is uncommon; however, it can be a serious problem, increasing both morbidity and mortality in patients. Despite scant literature available, splenic artery embolization (SAE) has been shown to be an effective treatment for refractory ascites after cadaveric ort...

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Autores principales: Meighani, Alireza, Jafri, Syed-Mohammed R., Raoufi, Mohammad, Salgia, Reena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American College of Gastroenterology 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4748207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26958571
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.25
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Sumario:Post-transplantation refractory ascites is uncommon; however, it can be a serious problem, increasing both morbidity and mortality in patients. Despite scant literature available, splenic artery embolization (SAE) has been shown to be an effective treatment for refractory ascites after cadaveric orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). We report a successful use of therapeutic SAE for refractory ascites post-OLT.

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