Interventiona1 diagnosis and treatment of hepatic artery complications after liver transplantation
Chen Chen
Gao Jian
Hu Libao
Abstract：Objective To evaluate the value of intervention technique in diagnosing and treating hepatic artery complications after liver transplantation.Methods Data of 8 patients with hepatic artery complications after liver transplantation from May 2005 to April 2015 were retrospectively analyzed.Results Totally 6 patients had hepatic artery thrombosis;among them,hepatic artery stenosis was found after intra-arterial thrombolysis in 4 cases.Among them,2 cases had severe stenosis and underwent hepatic artery stent angioplasty;1 case had mild-moderate stenosis and underwent thrombolytic therapy;1 case had ineffective thrombolysis due to severe artery distortion and underwent hepatic artery embolectomy and anastomosis.The collateral circulation was established in 1 case and no treatment was given;no hepatic artery stenosis was found after intra-arterial thrombolysis in 1 case;1 patient had splenic artery steal syndrome and underwent splenic artery embolization;1 patient had hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm formation and underwent stent placement assisted aneurysm embolization.One case with hepatic artery stenosis who underwent hepatic artery stent angioplasty received repeated liver transplantation to extensive hepatocyte necrosis,and the liver functions were all normal in the other cases.Conclusion Intervention technique can diagnose and treat various hepatic artery complications after liver transplantation effectively.
Keywords：Liver transplantationHepatic artery complicationsInterventionalInterventional radiology
Publication Date：2015-10-30
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 1478-1480 )