ALLMedicine™ Portal Vein Obstruction Center

Feb 17th, 2023 - To review surgical management of extrahepatic portal vein obstruction (EHPVO) at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital and compare MesoRex shunt (MRS) with distal splenorenal shunt (DSRS). This is a single-centre retrospective review document...

Feb 2nd, 2023 - To study the relationship between the angiographic pattern of extrahepatic portal vein obstruction (EHPVO) and its etiology and clinical manifestations. Clinical, etiological, and angiographic findings in 155 children with EHPVO were reviewed. Ana...

Sep 20th, 2022 - Cirrhosis is a complex diffuse process whereby the architecture of the liver is replaced by abnormal nodules because of the presence of fibrosis. Several pediatric diseases such as extrahepatic portal vein obstruction, biliary atresia, alpha-1-ant...

Jun 13th, 2022 - Practice Essentials Pancreatic cancer is the tenth most common cancer in men and the eighth most common in women, but it is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths; it accounts for about 3% of all cancers in the United States but is responsible ...

Jun 13th, 2022 - Practice Essentials Pancreatic cancer is the tenth most common cancer in men and the eighth most common in women, but it is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths; it accounts for about 3% of all cancers in the United States but is responsible ...

Aug 21st, 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 26th, 2020 - Recent (non-cirrhotic) extrahepatic portal vein obstruction.|2020|Heurgué A,Habes D,Brugel M,Franchi-Abella S,Condat B,|

Apr 17th, 2020 - Extrahepatic portal vein obstruction (EHPVO) in cirrhosis.|2020|Abergel A,Gasperment M,Nery FG,Buchard B,Lebreton A,|

Mar 1st, 2017 - Primary prophylaxis of bleeding in children with portal hypertension is safe for treatment of cirrhosis associated with high-risk varices, according to Mathieu Duché, MD, of Hôpital Bicêtre in France, and his associates. In a study from July 1989.

Jul 25th, 2012 - Liposuction can provide the raw materials for growing new small-diameter blood vessels in the lab, researchers found. Adult stem cells extracted from one's own fat tissue, then cultured into sheets, and rolled into tiny vessels performed as well a...

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.

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...