Living donor liver transplantation for idiopathic portal hypertension with extrahepatic portal vein stenosis and splenic artery aneurysms: a case report and review of the literature
Abstract Background Idiopathic portal hypertension (IPH) generally has a good prognosis and rarely results in liver transplantation. Furthermore, there are few reports of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) for IPH with extrahepatic portal vein stenosis. Case presentation We report the case of...
Main Authors: | Shigeyuki Kawachi, Naokazu Chiba, Masashi Nakagawa, Toshimichi Kobayashi, Kosuke Hikita, Toru Sano, Koichi Tomita, Hiroshi Hirano, Yuta Abe, Hideaki Obara, Motohide Shimazu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-10-01
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Series: | BMC Surgery |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12893-020-00921-6 |
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