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Transesplenic access in the treatment of varicose gastrointestinal bleeding. Case and technical report

ABSTRACT Varicose gastrointestinal bleeding is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic liver disease. Endoscopic treatment is the first therapeutic line for these patients, however, for those whom this therapeutic modality fail, a broad knowledge of alternative treatme...

Assessment of remnant liver function and volume after selective ligation of portal vein and hepatic artery in a rat model

Acta cir. bras; 34 (11), 2019
Abstract Purpose: To evaluate liver regeneration after selective ligation of portal vein and hepatic artery by 3D Computed Tomography in an experimental model. Methods: Sixteen Wistar rats were randomized into four equal groups: Group I- control (sham), Group II- isolated selective ligation of the hepa...

Pileflebitis asociada a apendicitis aguda complicada. A propósito de un caso

Prensa méd. argent; 105 (8), 2019
The aim of this study was to analyse a patient dignosed in our hospital as having pylephlebitis. The patient is a 29 years old male, and we must consider that pylophlebitis refers to the septic thrombosis of the portal venous system, associated to some kind of infectious process. Can occur related to acu...

Duodenopancreatectomia com ressecção venosa: análise de morbidade e mortalidade em 30 dias

Arq. gastroenterol; 56 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) with the resection of venous structures adjacent to the pancreatic head, even in cases of extensive invasion, has been practiced in recent years, but its perioperative morbidity and mortality are not completely determined. OBJECTIVE: To describe the p...

The types of connections between the portal sinus and main portal vein in foetuses

Int. j. morphol; 37 (2), 2019
In the prenatal period, the three types of connections between the portal sinus and main portal vein have been published in the literature: T, X and H-shaped. The T type is the most frequent in the literature, and the aim of our study is to define the percentage of the connection types during the prenata...

Percutaneous Radiofrequency Assisted Liver Partition with Portal Vein Embolization for Staged Hepatectomy (PRALPPS)

Rev. med. Rosario; 85 (1), 2019
BACKGROUND: When a major hepatic resection is necessary, sometimes the future liver remnant is not enough to maintain sufficient liver function and patients are more likely to develop liver failure after surgery. AIM: To test the hypothesis that performing a percutaneous radiofrecuency liver partition p...

Trombosis venosa portal posesplenectomía por anemia hemolítica. Reporte de caso y revisión de la literatura

Resumen La trombosis venosa portal secundaria a esplenectomía es una patología frecuente. En pacientes llevados a este procedimiento por anemia hemolítica, varios factores de riesgo locales y sistémicos contribuyen a su presentación. Esta complicación es potencialmente mortal y ha existido gran dis...

Intravascular and intraparenchymatous hepatic segmentary sclerosis

Acta cir. bras; 33 (9), 2018
Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the morphological effects of injected sclerosing agents into the liver. Methods: This study was performed on twenty dogs, distributed into five groups: Group 1 (n = 5) - control, Group 2 (n = 5) - injection of 50% glucose solution inside hepatic parenchyma and animals fol...

Cavernoma portal complicada con biliopatía secundario a enfermedad de Gaucher tipo 1: reporte de un caso peruano

La enfermedad de Gaucher, es un trastorno autosómico recesivo de depósito lisosomal que se caracteriza por deficiencia de la beta-glucocerebrosidasa que lleva a la acumulación de glucosilceramida principalmente en células del sistema fagocítico mononuclear causando afectaciones sistémicas. Se prese...