ALLMedicine™ Portal Vein Obstruction Center

Nov 9th, 2020 - Portal hypertension commonly accompanies advanced liver disease and often gives rise to life-threatening complications, including haemorrhage from oesophageal and gastrointestinal varices. Variceal haemorrhage commonly occurs in children with chro...

Sep 3rd, 2020 - To evaluate the long-term efficacy of transhepatic portal vein (PV) stent placement in patients with postoperative PV obstruction and to identify risk factors for stent failure. Between January 2007 and October 2019, percutaneous transhepatic PV s...

Aug 20th, 2020 - Chronic non cirrhotic extrahepatic portal vein obstruction (EHPVO) refers to the cavernomatous transformation of the portal vein (the so-called "portal cavernoma") which occurs following acute thrombosis of the portal vein in the absence of recana...

Aug 14th, 2020 - Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is the most common cause of extrahepatic portal vein obstruction in children. Upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding and splenomegaly are the most common presenting features. PVT diagnosis is usually delayed in the absen...

Jul 18th, 2020 - To report our initial experience with splenectomy and proximal spleno-left portal shunt as an alternative to the standard Rex shunt, when not applicable, in children with Extrahepatic Portal Vein Obstruction (EHPVO). Patients from March 2015 till ...

Aug 20th, 2020 - Chronic non cirrhotic extrahepatic portal vein obstruction (EHPVO) refers to the cavernomatous transformation of the portal vein (the so-called "portal cavernoma") which occurs following acute thrombosis of the portal vein in the absence of recana...

May 20th, 2020 - Recent (non-cirrhotic) extrahepatic portal vein obstruction.|2020|Heurgué A,Habes D,Brugel M,Franchi-Abella S,Condat B,|

Apr 16th, 2020 - Extrahepatic portal vein obstruction (EHPVO) in cirrhosis.|2020|Abergel A,Gasperment M,Nery FG,Buchard B,Lebreton A,|

Nov 9th, 2020 - Portal hypertension commonly accompanies advanced liver disease and often gives rise to life-threatening complications, including haemorrhage from oesophageal and gastrointestinal varices. Variceal haemorrhage commonly occurs in children with chro...

Sep 3rd, 2020 - To evaluate the long-term efficacy of transhepatic portal vein (PV) stent placement in patients with postoperative PV obstruction and to identify risk factors for stent failure. Between January 2007 and October 2019, percutaneous transhepatic PV s...

Aug 20th, 2020 - Chronic non cirrhotic extrahepatic portal vein obstruction (EHPVO) refers to the cavernomatous transformation of the portal vein (the so-called "portal cavernoma") which occurs following acute thrombosis of the portal vein in the absence of recana...

Aug 14th, 2020 - Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is the most common cause of extrahepatic portal vein obstruction in children. Upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding and splenomegaly are the most common presenting features. PVT diagnosis is usually delayed in the absen...

Jul 18th, 2020 - To report our initial experience with splenectomy and proximal spleno-left portal shunt as an alternative to the standard Rex shunt, when not applicable, in children with Extrahepatic Portal Vein Obstruction (EHPVO). Patients from March 2015 till ...

Jun 13th, 2011 - PALM DESERT, CALIF. – Compared with portosystemic shunting in the management of extrahepatic portal vein obstruction, mesenterico-left portal vein bypass restores portal circulation and achieves superior relief of thrombocytopenia and certain meta.

Classification No formal classification of EHPVO/PVT exists. The Baveno V guidelines on portal hypertension recommend that when characterising a patient of EHPVO, the following characteristics should be specified: site of PVT; presentation; type o...

Clinical Presentation The development of thrombosis in the portal vein may be manifested by the clinical presentation of 'acute' PVT with symptoms of abdominal pain and signs suggestive of intestinal venous ischaemia and ascites. However very freq...

Abstract and Introduction Abstract Background Portal vein obstruction may be due to portal vein thrombosis (PVT) or its sequale, the portal cavernoma. PVT is a common complication in liver cirrhosis, however, it may also occur as a primary vascula...

Epidemiology Portal vein obstruction is not a rare disease in general population. Ogren et al.,[6] in an epidemiological study based on 23 796 consecutive autopsies, assessed the lifetime cumulative incidence of PVT in general population of southe...