[Incidence and clinical manifestations of arterial complications of liver transplantation. Personal experience with 57 transplants]

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 1991 Aug;80(2):103-8.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The vascular complication remains one of the main cause of graft failure after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Its incidence has been documented between 5-18%. Due to its lethal evolution, the early diagnosis and emergency treatment are crucial: early retransplantation, arterial reconstruction. Seven out of 57 OLT (12.2%) performed in 53 patients developed arterial complications: 4 arterial thrombosis (7.0%),--3 were retransplanted--; 3 ruptured arterial aneurysms and 1 child who developed hemobilia secondary to an arterio-biliary fistula. The clinical presentation of hepatic artery thrombosis was related with the post-transplant time. Due to the variability in the clinical presentation of this complication, angiographic study should be performed in any episode of unexplained graft dysfunction.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Arteries
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Liver Transplantation*
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*
  • Postoperative Complications / epidemiology
  • Vascular Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Vascular Diseases / epidemiology