Recurrent gastric varices bleeding after living-related liver transplantation successfully eradicated by splenic artery embolization.

Abstract

Living related liver transplantation (LRLT) may not be the only treatment for recurrent bleeding due to severe gastric varices secondary to left-side portal hypertension and splenic vein thrombosis. Splenectomy is the preferred long-term standard treatment for non-orthotopic liver transplantation patients, but additional treatments such as post-transplantation partial splenic arterial embolization to preserve the immunological function of the spleen and thus prevent the occurrence of post LRLT severe infection are suggested for these patients.

• Authors: Lung-Sheng Lu, Fu-Chih Hung, Seng-Kee Chuah, King-Wah Chiu, Tsung-Hui Hu, Yu-Fan Cheng, Chao-Long Chen
• Journal: Hepato-gastroenterology (Hepatogastroenterology) 2012 Jul-Aug Vol. 59 Issue 117 Pg. 1586-8 ISSN: 0172-6390 [Print] Greece
• PMID: 22414565 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Embolization, Therapeutic
• End Stage Liver Disease (complications, surgery)
• Esophageal and Gastric Varices (etiology, therapy)
• Humans
• Hypertension, Portal (complications)
• Liver Transplantation (adverse effects)
• Male
• Recurrence
• Splenic Artery