Endovascular treatment for early hepatic artery occlusion after liver transplantation: Angioplasty or stent
Mikel Gastaca a , b , ∗, Javier Gomez c , Ignacio Terreros d
a Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Hospital Universitario Cruces, Bilbao, Spain
b University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain
c Servicio de Cirugía General y Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio, Granada, Spain
d Interventional Radiology Unit, Hospital Universitario Cruces, Bilbao, Spain
Abstract：We read with great interest the recent article by Zhu et al. [1]. In the study, the authors analyzed the outcomes of 26 patients diagnosed with hepatic artery occlusion (HAO) and treated with an endovascular approach (EVT) within the first 30 days after orthotopic liver transplantation (LT). The median interval from LT to EVT was 7 days, most patients were treated with angioplasty and only two (7.7%) needed stent placement. The authors should be congratulated as they achieved a 100% of success rate with an 80.8% of 1-year survival rate.
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. [J]. Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int, 2022, 21(6): 614-615.
Gastaca M, Gomez J, Terreros I. Endovascular treatment for early hepatic artery occlusion after liver transplantation: Angioplasty or stent. Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int, 2022, 21(6): 614-615.
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