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. 2022 Oct 13:10:165-167.
doi: 10.1016/j.sopen.2022.10.001. eCollection 2022 Oct.

Operative treatment of portal vein aneurysm

G M Yedlicka  1 , T K Maatman  2 , R S Mangus  2 , A Nakeeb  2
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Operative treatment of portal vein aneurysm

G M Yedlicka et al. Surg Open Sci. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Aneurysmorrhaphy; Images in surgery; Portal vein aneurysm; Portal vein repair; Portomesenteric aneurysm.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Superior mesenteric vein/portal vein aneurysm measuring 3.3 × 2.3 cm (left); aneurysm measuring 4.2 × 3.5 cm (right).
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Fig. 2
Vascular control of the portal vein in the porta hepatis (A). Vascular control of the superior mesenteric and splenic veins at the caudal border of the pancreas (B). Aneurysmorraphy with running 4-0 polypropylene suture (C). The aneurysmorraphy was buttressed with the aneurysmal vein wall.
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