Noncirrhotic complete obliterative portal vein thrombosis: Novel management using trans-splenic transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt with portal vein recanalization

Joseph Ralph Kallini¹, Ahmed Gabr¹, Laura Kulik², Daniel Ganger², Robert Lewandowski¹, Bartley Thornburg¹, Riad Salem^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Section of Interventional Radiology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chicago, IL.
² Division of Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
³ Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.

Joseph Ralph Kallini et al. Hepatology. 2016 Apr.

. 2016 Apr;63(4):1387-90.

doi: 10.1002/hep.28429. Epub 2016 Feb 22.

Joseph Ralph Kallini¹, Ahmed Gabr¹, Laura Kulik², Daniel Ganger², Robert Lewandowski¹, Bartley Thornburg¹, Riad Salem^{1

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4}

¹ Department of Radiology, Section of Interventional Radiology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chicago, IL.
² Division of Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
³ Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.

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Comment in

The use of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt should be cautious in patients without cirrhosis with obliterative portal vein thrombosis.
Wang X, Luo X, Yang L. Wang X, et al. Hepatology. 2016 Oct;64(4):1374-5. doi: 10.1002/hep.28583. Epub 2016 Apr 28. Hepatology. 2016. PMID: 27018638 No abstract available.
Reply.
Kallini JR, Gabr A, Kulik L, Ganger D, Lewandowski R, Thornburg B, Salem R. Kallini JR, et al. Hepatology. 2016 Oct;64(4):1375-6. doi: 10.1002/hep.28579. Epub 2016 Jun 18. Hepatology. 2016. PMID: 27019221 No abstract available.