RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Ultrasonography-guided Suction Thrombectomy for an Isolated Portal Vein Thrombus in Liver Surgery
JF In Vivo
JO In Vivo
FD International Institute of Anticancer Research
SP 209
OP 212
DO 10.21873/invivo.11461
VO 33
IS 1
A1 YAMASHITA, YO-ICHI
A1 IMAI, KATSUNORI
A1 NAKAGAWA, SHIGEKI
A1 NAKAO, YOSUKE
A1 YUSA, TOSHIHIKO
A1 ITOYAMA, RUMI
A1 OKABE, HIROHISA
A1 HAYASHI, HIROMITSU
A1 CHIKAMOTO, AKIRA
A1 BABA, HIDEO
YR 2019
UL http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/33/1/209.abstract
AB 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.