<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">YAMASHITA, YO-ICHI</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IMAI, KATSUNORI</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">NAKAGAWA, SHIGEKI</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">NAKAO, YOSUKE</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">YUSA, TOSHIHIKO</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ITOYAMA, RUMI</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OKABE, HIROHISA</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">HAYASHI, HIROMITSU</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CHIKAMOTO, AKIRA</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BABA, HIDEO</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ultrasonography-guided Suction Thrombectomy for an Isolated Portal Vein Thrombus in Liver Surgery</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In Vivo</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2019</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2019-01-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">209-212</style></pages><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.21873/invivo.11461</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">33</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Background: Removal of an isolated portal vein (PV) thrombus is still a difficult problem in liver surgery. In this report, we present technical details of the ultrasonography (US)-guided suction thrombectomy for an isolated PV thrombus in a case with PV tumor thrombus extending into the main PV trunk of a patient undergoing right hemi-hepatectomy and tumor thrombectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Patients and Methods: Three cases were treated with US-guided suction thrombectomy for an isolated PV thrombus in liver surgeries. All three patients had HCC; however, two cases had a blood clot PV thrombus, and one case had an isolated PV tumor thrombus. Results: In all three cases, the isolated PV thrombus was successfully removed by suction thrombectomy without intraoperative and postoperative problems. Conclusion: US-guided suction thrombectomy is a promising method for removal of an isolated PV thrombus in liver surgery.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>