Successful treatment by balloon angioplasty under portography for late-onset stenosis of portal vein after cadaveric liver transplantation

Vascular complications after liver transplantation: contemporary approaches to detection and treatment. A literature review

Vascular complications (VCs) after liver transplantation (LT) are rare but are one of the most dreaded conditions that can potentially lead to graft loss and recipient death. This paper has analyzed the international experience in the early diagnosis of various VCs that can develop following LT, as well as the optimal timing and methods of treatment of these complications.

Vascular complications following liver transplantation: A literature review of advances in 2015

Although vascular complications (VCs) following orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) seldom occur, they are the most feared complications with a high incidence of both graft loss and mortality, as they compromise the blood flow of the transplant (either inflow or outflow). Diagnosis and therapeutic management of VCs constitute a major challenge in terms of increasing the success rate of liver transplantation. While surgical treatment used to be considered the first choice for management, advances in endovascular intervention have increased to make this a viable therapeutic option. Considering VC as a rare but a major and dreadful issue in OLT history, and in view of the continuing and rapid progress in recent years, an update on these uncommon conditions seemed necessary. In this sense, this review comprehensively discusses the important features (epidemiological, clinical, paraclinical, prognostic and therapeutic) of VCs following OLT.