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SUBMITTER: Kawaguchi Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4573850 | biostudies-other | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Kawaguchi Yoshikuni Y Akamatsu Nobuhisa N Ishizawa Takeaki T Kaneko Junichi J Arita Junichi J Sakamoto Yoshihiro Y Hasegawa Kiyoshi K Kokudo Norihiro N
International journal of surgery case reports 20150731
<h4>Introduction</h4>Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) after liver transplantation (LT) is one of serious complications and reportedly ranges from 2% to 13%. PVT impairs the blood perfusion to the grafts and causes the graft dysfunction.<h4>Presentation of case</h4>A 60-year-old female underwent living-donor LT with the left liver graft for end-stage liver disease related to chronic hepatitis C. After reperfusion, Indocyanine green (ICG)-fluorescence imaging was performed to confirm the graft perfusi ...[more]