Splenic Artery Embolization for Treatment of Refractory Ascites After Liver Transplantation

Post-transplantation refractory ascites is uncommon; however, it can be a serious problem, increasing both morbidity and mortality in patients. Despite scant literature available, splenic artery embolization (SAE) has been shown to be an effective treatment for refractory ascites after cadaveric orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). We report a successful use of therapeutic SAE for refractory ascites post-OLT.

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  ACG Case Reports Journal

• Publication date

  2016-01-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.14309/crj.2016.25PMID 26958571PMCID 4748207
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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