Spontaneous revascularization of arterial thrombosis after living donor liver transplantation

Y Sugawara1, H Ohtsuka, J Kaneko

  • 1Artificial Organ and Transplantation Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.

Abdominal Imaging
|August 13, 2002
PubMed

Hepatic artery thrombosis remains a significant cause of graft loss in liver transplantation. We describe a case with thrombosis of the middle hepatic artery that revascularized spontaneously. Close follow-up with duplex ultrasound enabled us to treat the patient promptly and successfully with anticoagulants and antibiotics.