Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a major cause of pediatric portal hypertension and gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. Recanalization with balloon angioplasty (BA) and stent placement have emerged as a minimally invasive treatment option for PVT. We sought to review the success and complication rates of transcatheter PVT therapy in pediatric patients with native liver. Read More

Meeting name: SPR 2020 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2020

Authors: Baker Omar, Hernandez Alberto, Cleveland Heather, Justino Henri

Keywords: Portal Venous Thrombosis, Balloon Angioplasty, Stenting

Stenosis of the inferior vena cava or the hepatic veins is an underlying cause for hepatic compromise in liver transplant patients and in patients with inflammatory diseases of the liver, leading to considerable morbidity. CT-guided or ultrasound-guided minimally invasive vessel recanalization procedures can reverse liver failure in these patients by restoring vessel patency. However, it can be difficult to employ these techniques using traditional guidewire tips against fibrotic obstructions associated with vessels that have undergone repeated stenosis. Sharp recanalization offers an alternative strategy to gain access through these obstacles by utilizing needles or the sharp end of the guidewire tip to penetrate the vessel obstruction. This technique has been well-described and employed successfully in adult patients, but has not yet been reported in the pediatric setting. Read More

Meeting name: SPR 2019 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2019

Authors: Shum Thomas, Cleveland Heather, Chau Alex, Ashton Daniel, Hernandez Alberto

Keywords: interventional